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loicolícuma

corpse-candle

loicolícuma noun "corpse-candle" (Markirya)

loicolícuma

noun. corpse-candle

A word for “a corpse-candle” in the Markirya poem from the 1960s, a combination of loico “corpse” and lícuma “candle” (MC/222-223).

Conceptual Development: In the version of the poem from around 1930, this was ᴱQ. kaivo-kalma “corpse-candle” (MC/214)

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
loico“corpse, dead body”
lícuma“taper, candle”

Variations

  • loikolíkuma ✧ MC/222

caivo-calma

corpse-light

caivo-calma _("k")_noun "corpse-light" = corpsecandle (MC:214; this is "Qenya": Tolkien's later Quenya has loicolícuma)