Eldamo : Sindarin : dûn

S. dûn [nd-] n. “west” (Category: West)

S. dûn [nd-], n. “west” (Category: West)

The Sindarin word for “west” based on primitive ᴹ✶ndūne derived from the root √NDU “go down” (LotR/1116; PE17/18; Ety/NDŪ; EtyAC/NDŪ). More exactly it is “the way of the sunset” (SA/andúnë). The related word annûn “sunset”, also used to mean “the West”, was derived from ✶ṇdūnē with syllabic initial ṇ.

References ✧ LotR/1116, 1123, 1130; PE17/18, 121; SA/andúnë; WJ/378

Glosses

“the way of the sunset, west” ✧ SA/andúnë
“west” ✧ LotR/1116; LotR/1123; LotR/1130; PE17/18; PE17/121; WJ/378 (Dún)

Variations

dûn ✧ LotR/1116; LotR/1116; LotR/1123; LotR/1130; PE17/18; PE17/121; SA/andúnë
Dún ✧ WJ/378

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

ᴺS. !dúnen “western”
ᴺS. !fordûn “northwest”
ᴺS. !hardûn “southwest”
S. Dúnadan “Man of the West” ✧ PE17/18 (Dún·adan); SA/andúnë (Dúnedain)
S. Dúnedel
S. Dúnedhel “West-Elf” ✧ WJ/378 (Dúnedhil)
S. Dúneglon

Cognates

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

Derivations

< √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down” ✧ SA/andúnë

Derivatives

> Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ PE17/18
- ⇒ 11 compounds

Phonetic Developments

√ndu > dûn

[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]

✧ SA/andúnë

N. dûn [nd-] n. “west” (Category: West)

See S. dûn for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NDŪ, RŌ