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númen

west

Source: PE22:50
Attested in Cirion's Oath
originates from: CE NDU- 'go down, sink, set'
Inflected forms
númenna 'west-ALL' (q-all) in Ambidexters Sentence
Component of compounds
Númenor 'west-land'

Compound:
nú- 'going down' + men 'place, spot'