Q. Númenórë loc. “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land”

Q. Númenórë, loc. “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land”

The island-continent where the Edain settled after the fall of Beleriand (LotR/1035, S/261), often appearing in its shorter form Númenor. It is generally translated as “Westernesse” (LotR/194, S/261) but more literally means “West-land” (Let/224, RC/778). It is a compound of númen “west” and nórë “land” (Let/361).

Conceptual Development: In the very first draft of the Fall of Númenor, this name was given as ᴹQ. Númar or ᴹQ. Númenos (LR/11), but in the next draft these became the name its capital city, and the name Númenor emerged as the name of the land (LR/14). The full form ᴹQ. Númenóre appeared in The Etymologies, already with the derivation discussed above (Ety/NDŪ). It also appeared in an adjectival form Númenórea in linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE22/19).

References ✧ Let/151, 224, 303, 361; LotR/194; LotRI/Númenor, Westernesse; MRI/Númenor; PE17/15-16, 64; PMI/Númenor; RC/778; S/261; SA/dôr; SI/Númenor, Westernesse; UTI/Númenor; WJI/Númenor

Glosses

Variations

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Inflections

Númenor shortened   ✧ Let/224; MRI/Númenor; PMI/Númenor; SI/Númenor; UTI/Númenor; WJI/Númenor
Númenor shortened “Westernesse” ✧ Let/361; LotRI/Númenor; LotRI/Westernesse; SI/Westernesse

Elements

númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ Let/361; PE17/16 (Núme(n)); PE17/64 (Núme(n))
nórë “land, country; †people, race, tribe” ✧ Let/303 (nōrë); Let/361; SA/dôr
numē-n “sunset, west” ✧ Let/303
-ndor “land, country” ✧ SA/dôr

Cognates


ᴹQ. Númenóre loc. “Westernesse”

See Q. Númenórë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NDŪ; LR/14, 25, 47, 56, 60, 72; LRI/Númenor; PE22/19; RS/215; RSI/Númenor; SD/240, 247, 303, 305, 310, 343, 361; SDI1/Númenor; SDI2/Númenor; TII/Númenor; WRI/Númenor

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

nūmenorenna allative “to-Númenor” ✧ LR/56
Númenóren genitive “of the West” ✧ LR/60

Elements

númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ (núme-); SD/240 (nūme); SD/303 (nūmē); SD/305 (nūme)
nóre “land, country, region where certain people live; clan, race, folk, kindred” ✧ SD/240 (nōre); SD/303 (nōrē̆); SD/305 (nōre)

Element In

Cognates


ᴹQ. Númar loc.

See Q. Númenórë for discussion.

References ✧ LR/11, 14; LRI

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