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ancalimë

feminine name. *Brightest (f.)

Tar-Ancalimë was the seventh ruler and first ruling queen of Númenor (UT/220). Her name seems to be a feminized form of ancalima “brightest”, the intensive form of calima “bright”.

Elements

WordGloss
an-“intensive prefix”
calima“bright, luminous”

Variations

  • Ankalimë ✧ PMI/Tar-Ankalimë
Quenya [LotRI/Tar-Ancalimë; PMI/Tar-Ankalimë; UT/210; UTI/Ancalimë; UTI/Tar-Ancalimë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ancalima

most bright, brightest

ancalima adj. "most bright, brightest", sc. calima "bright" with a superlative or intensive prefix (LotR2:IV ch. 9; see Letters:385 for translation). Ancalima imbi eleni "brightest among stars", also [ancalima] imb' illi "brightest among all" (VT47:30). Fem. name Ancalimë, *"Most Bright One", also masc. Ancalimon (Appendix A). Tar-Ancalimë, a Númenorean Queen (UT:210)