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Calma (word)

This article is about the Quenya word. You may be looking for the name of the letter Calma of the Tengwar alphabet.

calma is a noun meaning "lamp" in Quenya.[1]

In the Etymologies appears the Quenya form kalma ("a light, lamp"), derived from root KAL.[2]

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  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 362
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