Early Quenya
itselokte
proper name. Pleiades, (lit.) Cluster of (Silver) Flies
Cognates
- G. Sithaloth “Pleiades (lit.) Fly-cluster”
Elements
Word Gloss itse “small fly” lokte “blossom (of flowers), (flower) cluster, bunch”
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Qenya name for the Pleiades appearing in both the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/43; PME/43). It was translated as “Cluster of (Silver) Flies”, a combination of itse “small fly” and lokte “flower-cluster”.