Calacirya
light-cleft
calacirya
place name. Pass of Light
The “Pass of Light” through the Pelóri mountains into the heart of Valinor (S/59). It is a compound of cala “light” and cirya “cleft, pass” (RGEO/62).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, it was called ᴹQ. Kalakilya (LR/173), using an earlier word for “pass”: ᴹQ. kilya (Ety/KIL).
Changes
Kalakirya→ Kalakiryan ✧ MR/087Element in
- Q. ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë “and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya forever” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
- Q. ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë “and mist covers (lit. down-roofs) Calacirya’s jewels forever” ✧ RGEO/59
- Q. Calaciryan “*Land of Calacirya” ✧ PE17/073; RGEO/62
Elements
Word Gloss cala “light, light; [ᴱQ.] daytime (sunlight), 12 hours” cirya “cleft, pass” Variations
- Kalakirya ✧ MR/087 (
Kalakirya); MR/102; MRI/Kalakiryan
Calaciryan
the cleft of light
Calaciryan ("k") place-name "the Cleft of Light", the pass in the Pelóri, apparently a variant of Calacirya (WJ:403, SA:kal-, kir-). Calaciryan, Calaciryandë, "the region of Eldamar (Elvenhome) in and near the entrance to the ravine, where the Light was brighter and the land more beautiful" (RGEO:70)
Calacilya
pass of light
Calacilya ("k") place-name "Pass of Light", in which Kôr was built (KIL, KAL). Evidently a variant of Calacirya.
Calacirya
Calacirya
Calacirya literally means "Light-cleft" in Quenya (from cálë = "light" and cilya = "cleft, gorge"). Variant names used by Tolkien were Kalakirya and Kalakilya (early forms), and Kalakiryan and Calaciryan (later forms).
cilgalad
place name. Pass of Light
Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Kalakilya appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s glossed “Pass of Light”, a combination of cîl “pass” and the lenited form of calad “light” (Ety/KIL).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Kalakilya “Pass of Light” ✧ Ety/KIL
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kalakilya
place name. Pass of Light
Changes
Kalakilya→ Kalakirya ✧ MR/102Cognates
- N. Cilgalad “Pass of Light” ✧ Ety/KIL
Elements
Word Gloss kala “light” kilya “cleft, pass between hills, gorge; chasm”
Calacirya place-name "Light-cleft", Calacirya, the great ravine in the mountains of Valinor, the passage leading from Valmar to the region where the Teleri lived. Genitive Calaciryo in Namárië(Nam, RGEO:67)