calmatéma noun "k-series", velar series: the third column of the Tengwar system (Appendix E)
Quenya
calmatéma
noun. k-series
calmatéma
k-series
calmatéma
noun. k-series
Elements
Word Gloss calma “lamp, (device for shining) light, lamp, (device for shining) light, [ᴱQ.] candle; (day)light” téma “series, series, [ᴹQ.] row, line”
calma
lamp, a light, device for shining light
calma noun "lamp, a light, device for shining light" (Appendix E, KAL, PE17:123, 180), also name of tengwa #3 (cf. calmatéma), which was also already its name in the mostly pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies(VT45:18, there spelt "kalma"). In early "Qenya", calma ("k") meant"daylight" _(LT1:254; in MC:213, the word is translated "light").Plural instrumental calmainen ("k") "lights-by", by lights (MC:216)_
calar
lamp
calar noun "lamp" (VT47:13)
calar
noun. lamp
A word for “lamp” in notes from the late 1960s derived from √kalar- (VT47/13). This word is less well-known than Q. calma “lamp” (LotR/1121).
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. calarwa “optical”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √kalar- > calar [kalar] ✧ VT47/13
k-series