S. annûn n. “sunset, west; (lit.) going down” (Category: West)

S. annûn, n. “sunset, west; (lit.) going down” (Category: West)

ᴱN. dadnuin “sinking (down)”

References ✧ LB/354; Let/448; LotR/674, 953, 1116, 1123; PE17/18, 64, 88, 102, 121; RC/473; SA/andúnë

Glosses

• “going down, especially sunset; West” ✧ PE17/64; PE17/88
• “going-down; sunset; West” ✧ PE17/121
• “sunset” ✧ LotR/674; LotR/1116
• “sunset, west” ✧ RC/473 (Annû(n)); SA/andúnë
• “west” ✧ Let/448; LotR/1123; PE17/18; PE17/102; PE17/121

Variations

• Annûn ✧ LB/354; Let/448; LotR/674; LotR/953; LotR/1116; LotR/1123; PE17/18; PE17/64; PE17/88; PE17/102; PE17/121; PE17/121; SA/andúnë
• Annû(n) ✧ RC/473

Related

• Annûn “sunset” has an extra-long vowel under influence of dûn “west” ✧ LotR/1116
• annûn “west” is similar in meaning to dûn “west” ✧ PE17/121

Element In

• S. Annúminas “Tower of the West” ✧ SA/andúnë
• S. Annúnaid “Westron”
• S. Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn “Frodo and Sam, princes of the west” ✧ Let/448; LotR/953
• S. Henneth Annûn “Window of the Sunset” ✧ LotR/674; PE17/64; RC/473; SA/andúnë
• S. a Hîr Annûn Gilthoniel “*oh Lady of the West, Star-kindler” ✧ LB/354

Cognates

• Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ PE17/18
• Q. andúnë “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” ✧ PE17/64 (Andūne); SA/andúnë
• Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/18 (nūme)

Derivations

• < √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down” ✧ PE17/64 (NDŪ); SA/andúnë

Phonetic Developments

√NDŪ > Annûn

[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn]

✧ PE17/64

N. annûn n. “west” (Category: West)

References ✧ Ety/NDŪ, RŌ

Glosses

• “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Related

• annûn “west” opposite of amrûn ✧ Ety/NDŪ
• dûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Cognates

• ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ (nú-men)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶ṇdūnē “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • < ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > annûn

[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn]

✧ Ety/NDŪ

ᴱN. nuin² n. “sinking, going down; west” (Category: to Sink)

References ✧ PE13/151, 161, 164

Glosses

• “sinking down, going down” ✧ PE13/164
• “sinking, going down” ✧ PE13/151 (nún)
• “West” ✧ PE13/151 (Nún)

Variations

• nuin ✧ PE13/161; PE13/164
• nún ✧ PE13/151; PE13/151; PE13/161 (nún)
• nûn ✧ PE13/164

Changes

• nún >> nuin ✧ PE13/161
• nûn >> nuin “sinking down, going down” ✧ PE13/164

Element In

• ᴱN. dadnuin “sinking (down)” ✧ PE13/161; PE13/164
• ᴱN. #núnad- “to wester” ✧ PE13/151 (núnod)

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶nubhin ✧ PE13/164
• < ᴱ✶numne ✧ PE13/151
  • < numhn < nuvn < numne ✧ PE13/151
  • < ᴱ√NUHU “bow, bend down, stoop, sink”

G. nûmin adj. “the west, sinking” (Category: West)

References ✧ GL/61; LT1A/Númë

Glosses

• “in the West” ✧ LT1A/Númë (númin)
• “the west, sinking” ✧ GL/61

Variations

• nûmin ✧ GL/61
• númin ✧ LT1A/Númë

Element In

• G. Aura-nûmin “Sunset” ✧ GL/61 (Aura·nûmin); LT1A/Númë (Auranúmin)

Cognates

• ᴱQ. númea “in the west, western” ✧ LT1A/Númë

Derivations

• < ᴱ√NUHU “bow, bend down, stoop, sink” ✧ LT1A/Númë