Quenya
númen
west, the way of the sunset
númen
noun. west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down
Cognates
Derivations
- √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)” ✧ Let/361; SA/andúnë
Element in
- ᴺQ. fornúmen “northwest”
- Q. Herunúmen “Lord of the West”
- Q. nai tiruvantes i hárar mahalmassen mi Númen “in the keeping of those who sit upon thrones of the West” ✧ UT/305
- Q. Númellótë “Flower of the West”
- Q. Númendil “*Friend of the West”
- Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ Let/361; PE17/016; PE17/064
- Q. Númerrámar “West-wings”
- Q. Soronúmë “*Eagle of the West”
- Q. úsië, an cé mo quernë cendelë númenna, ve senya “on the contrary, for if one turned the face westward, as was usual” ✧ VT49/22
Elements
Word Gloss nú- “going down, setting (of sun), west” men “way, way; [ᴹQ.] place, spot” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NDU > núme [ndūme] > [nūme] ✧ Let/361 √NDU > númen [ndūmen] > [nūmen] ✧ Let/361 √ndu > númen [ndūmen] > [nūmen] ✧ SA/andúnë Variations
- núme ✧ Let/361
- Núme(n) ✧ PE17/016; PE17/064
- nūme ✧ PE17/018; PE17/125
- nūmen ✧ PE17/018; PE17/125
- Númen ✧ SA/men; UT/305; UT/317
númë
noun. west
númen noun "west, the way of the sunset" (SA:andúnë, cf. NDŪ, MEN; capitalized Númen under SA:men and in CO), "going down, occudent" (Letters:361), also name of tengwa #17 _(Appendix E). _According to VT45:38, the word is actually cited as "nú-men" in Tolkien's Etymologies manuscript. Allative númenna "Westward" (LR:47, SD:310, VT49:20, capitalized Númenna, VT49:22; numenna with a short u, VT49:23); adj. númenquerna "turned westward" (VT49:18, 20). See also númenyaron, númessier. - In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, "nú-men" was intended as the name of tengwa #21, to which letter Tolkien at this stage assigned the value n (VT45:38). However, this tengwa was later given the Quenya value r instead and was renamed órë.