[ala (7) noun "day", also alan "daytime". The forms allen, alanen listed after these words could be inflected forms of them, genitive "of daytime", constracted (allen = al'nen) and uncontracted. However, Tolkien struck out all of this (VT45:13).]
Quenya
Ae
day
ala
day
ar
day
ar (2) noun "day" (PE17:148), apparently short for árë, occurring in the names of the Valinorean week listed below. Tolkien indicated that ar in these names could also be arë when the following element begins in a consonant (VT45:27). Usually the word for "day" in LotR-style Quenya is rather aurë (or ré), q.v.
ré
day
ré noun "day" (of the sun), a full 24-hour cycle (Appendix D) composed of aurë (day, daylight) and lómë "night" (VT49:45). Short -rë in compounds like Ringarë (q.v.). Allative rénna (VT49:45).
árë
day
árë noun "day" (PM:127) or "sunlight" (SA:arien). Stem ári- _(PE17:126, where the word is further defined as "warmth, especially of the sun, sunlight"). Also name of tengwa #31; cf. also ar # 2. Originally pronounced ázë; when /z/ merged with /r/, the letter became superfluous and was given the new value ss, hence it was re-named essë (Appendix E)_. Also árë nuquerna *"árë reversed", name of tengwa #32, similar to normal árë but turned upside down (Appendix E). See also ilyázëa, ilyárëa under ilya. In the Etymologies, this word has a short initial vowel: arë pl. ari (AR1)
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
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. calarwa “optical”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √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)_
aurë
noun. day (as opposed to night), daylight, sunlight, morning, day (as opposed to night), daylight, morning; sunlight, [ᴱQ.] sunshine, gold light, warmth
Cognates
- S. aur “(whole) day, (whole) day, sunlight, [N.] morning” ✧ PE17/148; SA/ur; PE17/120
Derivations
Element in
- Q. aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie’n aurë “Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come!” ✧ S/190; WJ/166
- Q. amaurë “dawn, early day, morning” ✧ MC/223
- ᴺQ. aurëa “sunny, sunlit; *daytime”
- Q. aurë entuluva “Day shall come again!” ✧ S/195
- ᴺQ. enar “tomorrow”
- ᴺQ. endaurë “noon, (lit.) mid-day”
- Q. ilaurëa “*daily”
- Q. métim’ auressë “in the last morning” ✧ MC/222
- Q. nai elen atta siluvat aurenna veryanwesto “*may two stars shine upon the day of your wedding” ✧ VT49/45
- Q. sínen i·anda nyarnë metta ar taina andaurenya na quanta “*with this the long tale ends and my extended long day is complete” ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT
- Q. utúlie’n aurë “The day has come!” ✧ S/190; WJ/166
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ur- > aure [auri] > [aure] ✧ PE17/120 ✶aurĭ- > aure [auri] > [aure] ✧ PE17/148 √ur- > aurë [auri] > [aure] ✧ SA/ur Variations
- aure ✧ PE17/120; PE17/148; VT49/45
- Aurë ✧ S/195
Ae (Quenya?) noun "day" (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK - ae was written over ar [# 2] in the names of the Valinorean week, but ar was not struck out.)