Quenya 

ve loicolícuma

a corpse-candle

The twentieth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is ve “like” (not reflected in the English translation of the poem) followed by loicolícuma “corpse-candle”, a compound of loico “corpse” and lícuma “candle”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> ve loico-lícuma = “✱like corpse-candle”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
ve“as, like, similar, after the manner [of], as, like, similar, after the manner [of]; [ᴹQ.] with”
loicolícuma“corpse-candle”

Variations

  • ve loikolíkuma ✧ MC/222