Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Quenya > Compounds > 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"