Númen
númen is a noun meaning "west" in Quenya.
Númen is also the name in Quenya of the seventeenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet. 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. However, in the Mode of Beleriand, this letter represents NN, a common occurrence in Sindarin. 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. The Westron name for this letter is Nó.
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root NDU plus MEN, indicating direction. Also PQ nūme-n "going down", sunset, West.
In the West-lands of Middle-earth the four cardinal directions were Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, and Formen, and they were named in this order, beginning with (and facing) west. Hyarmen meant a left-hand region and Formen meant a right-hand region.
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