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'''''andúnë''''' is the poetic word for "sunset", "west", or "evening" in [[Quenya]]. The more common word for "west" is '''''[[númen]]'''''.
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'''''andúnë''''' is the poetic word for "sunset", "west",<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 64</ref> or "evening" in [[Quenya]]. The more common word for "west" is '''''[[númen]]'''''.
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Possible [[PQ]] *''a-ndû-nê'' from [[root]] [[NDÛ]].
''Andúnë'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] NDŪ ("sink, go down").<ref name=PE17/>
 
==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]], ''[[annûn]]''
*[[Sindarin]], ''[[annûn]]''
*[[Adûnaic]], ''[[adûn]]''
*[[Adûnaic]], ''[[adûn]]''
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Andúril]] = "Flame of the West"
* [[Andúril]] = "Flame of the West"


== References ==
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
 
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Revision as of 23:58, 2 November 2012

andúnë is the poetic word for "sunset", "west",[1] or "evening" in Quenya. The more common word for "west" is númen.

Etymology

Andúnë derives from the root NDŪ ("sink, go down").[1]

Cognates

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 64