Ok, so my nickname is Calima Er. I have translated it to be Smart One or Bright One. But Er means one or alone. I want one to mean a person. So my question is which Queya word means one as in a person. Would it be nassë or something else.
Note that Quenya calima only conveys the "luminous, not dark" senses of English "bright." It doesn't mean "smart" or "intelligent."
The most usual route here would be to add a name-forming suffix to the adjective. Masculine options could be Calimo, Calim(i)on; feminine, Calime, Calim(i)el, etc.
I realize that Calima means bright. Er does means one, or am I confused on that one. Also which Quenya word would mean intelligent? Can you also further explain the word Calimo.
Er is the adjective “one, (a)lone”; nassë is a noun meaning “nature, true being” or “person, individual.” You’re looking for what in English is an impersonal/indefinite pronoun, whose closest Quenya equivalents are mo or quén.
In this instance, though, we can nominalize (i.e. turn into a noun/name) the adjective calima with the suffixes I outlined above. The resulting forms mean “bright one, one who is bright.” Quenya does this frequently, most notably in many of the Elvish tribal names: Vanyar “The Fair Ones,” from the adjective vanya “fair, beautiful, unmarred.”
I’d say handa for “intelligent.”
I have decided to go with the Quenya word for intellect. Thank you for all the help. You are a kind fellow. Hantalë namáriëyë! (Is that how that works with the yë?)
It’s noted to be an archaic structure and generally replaced by ar, so I’d probably just say Hantale ar namárie!