Quenya 

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

  • T. calar “lamp” ✧ VT47/13
  • S. calar “(portable) lamp”

Derivations

  • √KALAR “*be radiant, [ᴹ√] be radiant” ✧ VT47/13
    • √KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE18/087

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√kalar- > calar[kalar]✧ VT47/13

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)_

Sindarin 

calar

noun. (portable) lamp

Sindarin [celerdain LotR/V:I, WR/287, RC/523] Group: SINDICT. Published by

calar

noun. lamp

n. lamp. >> calardan

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:96] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

calar

noun. (portable) lamp

A noun for a “(portable) lamp” in the word calardan “lampwright” (PE17/96; RC/523), which appear as a plural in the name Rath Celerdain “Lampwrights’ Street” (LotR/768).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. dant “lamp”, but this word was deleted (GL/29).

Cognates

Derivations

  • √KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden”

Element in

  • S. calardan “lampwright” ✧ PE17/096; RC/523
Sindarin [PE17/096; RC/523] Group: Eldamo. Published by

calar

lamp

#calar (i galar, o chalar), pl. celair (i chelair). Isolated from the pl. compound celerdain "lampwrights", sg. *calardan.

calar

lamp

(i galar, o chalar), pl. celair (i chelair). Isolated from the pl. compound celerdain "lampwrights", sg. ✱calardan.

Telerin 

calar

noun. lamp

Cognates

  • Q. calar “lamp” ✧ VT47/13
  • S. calar “(portable) lamp”

Derivations

  • √KALAR “*be radiant, [ᴹ√] be radiant” ✧ VT47/13
    • √KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE18/087

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

kalumet

noun. lamp

Gnomish

dant

noun. lamp

Derivations

Element in

  • G. dantha- “to illuminate, light up, illustrate” ✧ GL/29

Early Quenya

kalumet

noun. lamp

Cognates

  • En. glavaith “blaze, burning, blazing light” ✧ PE13/162

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶k’lamektā > kalumet[kalumekta] > [kalumektǝ] > [kalumekt] > [kalumett] > [kalumet]✧ PE13/162
Early Quenya [PE13/162; PME/044; QL/044] Group: Eldamo. Published by