alta (2) noun "radiance" (VT42:32, PE17:50). Cf. variant ñalta.
Quenya
nalta
radiance, glittering reflection
nalta
noun. radiance, glittering reflection
alta
radiance
alta
noun. radiance
naltariel
feminine name. Galadriel
What the Quenya name of Altáriel (S. Galadriel) would have been if it had been coined in Quenya instead of adapted from Telerin (PM/347). This name is a compound of nalta “radiance, glittering reflection” and riel(lë) “garlanded maiden”. See S. Galadriel and ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle for further discussion.
naltalma
noun. heliograph
alcar
noun. radiance
radiance, splendour
altáriel
feminine name. Galadriel
The Quenya name of Galadriel, an adaptation of the Telerin name Alatáriel (UT/266, PM/347). See the entry on Galadriel for further discussion of this name’s history, and ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle for a discussion of the conceptual development of its etymology.
fairë
radiance
fairë (3) noun "radiance" (PHAY)
nalta ("ñ")noun "radiance, glittering reflection" (from jewels, glass or polished metals, or water) (PM:347)