emma

picture

emma noun *"picture" (compounded in indemmar "mind-pictures") (PE17:179)

emma

noun. *picture, *picture, image

@@@ gloss “image” suggested by Tamas Ferencz

indemma

mind-picture

indemma noun "mind-picture", i.e. a vision transferred from one mind to another and perceived as visual (and aural) images, usually produced by Elves, though Men were capable of receiving them (especially during sleep) (PE17:174, 179). Compound of indo (#1) + emma. Ephemerally Tolkien may have considered the word fanwos (q.v.) for the same phenomenon.

quanta emma

facsimile

quanta emma, quantemma noun "facsimile", a complete detailed visual reproduction (by any means) of a visible thing" (PE17:179), literally *"full picture", cf. emma, q.v.

emmata-

verb. to photograph

A neologism coined by Luinyelle in the “Neologism of the Day” (NotD) series on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server posted at 2023-05-30, a verbal elaboration of emma “picture”.