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númen is a noun meaning "west" in Quenya.[1]
Númen is also the name in Quenya of the seventeenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the first letter of the fifth grade or Tyellë, which contains "nasal" consonants and it is the fifth letter in the dental or t-series of consonants, the Tincotéma. In most modes this letter represents N.[2] However, in the Mode of Beleriand, this letter represents NN, a common occurrence in Sindarin.[3] Númen was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "west" even in languages that used a very different term.[1] The Westron name for this letter is Nó.[4]
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root NDU plus MEN, indicating direction.[5] Also PQ numê-n "going down", sunset, West.[6]
See also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
- Númenor
- andúnë
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", footnote 2
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", NDU-
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 303, (dated 6 May 1968)