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)_