Adûnaic Phrases

The majority of the attested Adûnaic phrases appear in the lengthy text, the Lament of Akallabêth (SD/247, 311-312), though a few appear elsewhere in “The Notion Club Papers” (SD/145-327) and “Lowdham’s Report on the Adunaic Language” (SD/413-440). There are no Adûnaic phrases in later sources.

Texts

• Lament of Akallabêth
  • Lament of Akallabêth (first draft)

Phrases

• adûn izindi batân tâidô ayadda “[the] road west once went straight, (lit.) west straight road once went”
  • adūn batān akhaini ezendi “West road lay straight”
• agannâlô burôda nênud “[the] death-shadow [is] heavy on us”
  • agannūlo burudan nēnum “death-shade heavy-is on-us”
• Anadûnê zîrân hikalba “Númenor the beloved she fell (down)”
  • anadūni akallabi “Westernesse fell in ruin”
• Ar-Pharazôn “King Pharazon”
• Ar-Pharazôn kathuphazgânun “King Ar-Pharazon the Conqueror”
• Ar-Pharazônun azaggara Avalôiyada “[Ar-Pharazôn] was warring against [the] Powers”
  • arpharazōn azgaranādu avalōi-{men >>}si “‽ was waging war‽ Powers on”
• Ar-Pharazônun Bâr ’nAnadûnê “King Pharazon is Lord of Anadune”
• Ar-Pharazônun kathuphazgân “King Ar-Pharazon is (was) a Conqueror”
• Ârû ’nAdûnâi “King of the Anadunians”
• azrîya du-phursâ akhâsada “that [the] seas should gush into [the] chasm”
  • azrē nai {phurusam >>} phurrusim akhās-ada “seas might-flow Chasm-into”
• bâ kitabdahê “Don’t touch me!”
• balîk hazad an-Nimruzîr azûlada “seven ships of Elendil [went] eastward”
  • Adūnāim azūlada “The Adunai (Men of W.) eastward”
• Bârim an-Adûn yurahtam dâira sâibêth-mâ Êruvô “Lords of [the] West, they rent [the] Earth with assent from Eru”
  • bārun an-adūn {urahhata >>} urahta dāira sāibēth-mā ēruvō
    • bārun-adūnō rakkhatū kamāt sōbēthumā eruvō “the Lord of West broke asunder earth assent-with of God”
• bâr ukallaba “the lord fell”
• bârun (u)kallaba “the lord fell, it was the lord who fell”
• bawîba dulgî “winds (were) black”
• êphalak îdô Yôzâyan “far away now (is) the Land of Gift”
  • ēphalek īdōn akallabēth “far away lo!now is She-that-is-fallen”
• êphal êphalak îdô hi-Akallabêth “far far away now (is) She-that-hath-fallen”
  • ēphal ēphalek īdōn athanātē “far far away is now the Land of Gift”
• Êruhînim dubdam ugru-dalad “[the Children of Eru] fell under shadow”
  • ēruhīn udūbanim dalad ugrus “‽ fell under ‽horror‽shadow”
• gimlî hazid “seven (of) stars”
• gimlu-nitîr “kindler of a (particular) star”
• îdô katha batîna lôkhî “now all ways (are) bent”
  • īdō kathī batānī rōkhī-nam “lo! now all ways bent-are”
• Indilzar Azrabêlôhin “*Elros child of Earendil”
• kadô Zigûrun zabathân unakkha “and so [Sauron] he came humbled”
  • Kadō zigūrun zabathān {hunekkū >>} unekkū “and so ‽ humbled he-came”
• minal-târik “heavenly pillar”
• narîka ’nBâri ’nAdûn yanâkhim “The Eagles of the Lords of the West are at hand”
• thâni’nAmân “Land of Aman”
• urîd yakalubim “The mountains lean over”
• Ûrinîluwat “Sun and Moon”
• ûriyat nîlô “sun and moon”
• zâira nênud “longing (is) on us”