[Harmen] noun "south" (MEN)(Changed to hyarmen.)
Quenya
hyarmen
south
hyarmen
noun. south, (lit.) left-hand direction
Cognates
Element in
- Q. epetai i hyarma ú ten ulca símaryassen “consequently the left hand was not to them evil in their imaginations” ✧ VT49/12
- Q. Hyarmendacil “South-victor, South-slayer” ✧ LotR/1045
- Q. Hyarmentir “*South Watch” ✧ SA/hyarmen
Elements
Word Gloss hyar- “left-hand, south” men “way, way; [ᴹQ.] place, spot” Variations
- Hyarmen ✧ LotR/1045; LotR/1115; SA/men
Harmen
south
hyalma
shell, conch, horn of ulmo
hyalma noun "shell, conch, horn of Ulmo" (SYAL). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, hyalma was also the name of tengwa #33 (VT46:16), which letter Tolkien would later call hyarmen instead.
Hyarastorni
south
Hyarastorni place-name, region in Númenor, apparently including hyar- "south" and perhaps orni "trees" (UT:210)
Sahóra
the south
Sahóra "the South" (LT1:248, 255; rather Hyarmen in LotR-style Quenya)
hyarmen, Hyarmen noun "south" (SA, SA:men, KHYAR), literally "lefthand-direction" (VT49:12), since the Elves named the directions as they were to a person facing the Blessed Realm in the West Also name of tengwa #33 (Appendix E). In Hyarmendacil masc.name, "South-victor" (Appendix A), apparently also in the place-name Hyarmentir (name of a mountain; the element -tir means *"watch[ing point]".) (SA) Hyarnustar "the Southwestlands" of Númenor; Hyarrostar the "Southeastlands" (UT:165)