Ad. Anadûnê loc. “Westernesse”

Ad. Anadûnê loc. “Westernesse”
The Adûnaic name for Númenor (Q. Númenórë), with the same meaning as its Quenya name: “Westernesse” (S/261). In The Silmarillion appendix, Christopher Tolkien stated that is it a loan word from Elvish (SA/andúnë). According to J.R.R. Tolkien’s own writing (SD/426), this is true, albeit not directly. Anadûnê is a feminized form of the adjective anadûni “western, of the west”, which is itself related to S. dûn “west”.

References ✧ S/261; SA/andúnë; SD/240, 247, 305, 311, 361, 426, 428; SDI2/Anadûnê; SI/Anadûnê, Westernesse; VT24/12

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anadûni “western” ✧ SD/426 (anadūni)
adûn “west, westward” ✧ SD/240 (adūn)

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