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)
Quenya
ancalimë
feminine name. *Brightest (f.)
Elements
Word Gloss an- “intensive prefix” calima “bright, luminous” Variations
- Ankalimë ✧ PMI/Tar-Ankalimë
ancalima
most bright, brightest
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”.