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calca

glass

calca noun "glass" (VT47:35); compare hyellë, cilin.

calca

noun. glass

Cognates

  • T. calca “glass” ✧ VT47/35; VT47/35

Derivations

  • KALAK “glass” ✧ VT47/35

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
KALAK > calca[kalka]✧ VT47/35

cilin

glass

cilin noun "glass" ("often used as in English ("often used as in English for any thing or implement made of glass") (PE17:37). Compare calca, hyellë.

cilin

noun. glass, glass [transluscent or reflective]

Element in

  • Q. cilintilla “looking-glass, looking-glass, *mirror” ✧ PE17/037
  • Q. cilinyul “drinking-vessel (made of glass)” ✧ PE17/037

hyellë

glass

hyellë noun "glass" (KHYEL(ES), VT45:23; the later source also provides the unglossed form hyelma, which may be a synonym of hyellë; alternatively hyellë could be "glass" as a substance, whereas hyelma_ rather refers to "a glass" as a drinking vessel). _In later sources, cilin or calca is given as the word for "glass".

maril

glass, crystal

maril noun "glass, crystal" (VT46:13; if this is to be the same word as the second element of Silmaril, the stem-form would be marill-, cf. pl. Silmarilli)