Eldamo : Quenya : nú-

Q. nú- pref. “going down, setting (of sun), west” (Category: West)

Q. nú-, pref. “going down, setting (of sun), west” (Category: West)

A prefix having to do with going down, setting (of sun) and the west (PE17/18) based on √NDU “descend”. See, for example, Hyarnustar “Southwestlands” (UT/165).

References ✧ PE17/18, 35; UT/165

Glosses

“going down, setting (of sun), west” ✧ PE17/18 (nū-); PE17/35 (nū-)
“west-” ✧ UT/165 (nu-)

Variations

nū- ✧ PE17/18; PE17/35
nu- ✧ UT/165

andū “going down, setting (of sun), west” [is a variant of] nū- “going down, setting (of sun), west” ✧ PE17/18
andū “going down, setting (of sun), west” [is a variant of] nū- “going down, setting (of sun), west” ✧ PE17/35

Element In

Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ PE17/18 (nūme)
Q. Hyarnustar “Southwestlands” ✧ UT/165
Q. núna “western” ✧ PE17/18

Derivations

< √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down”