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'''''helca''''' or '''''helka''''' is a noun meaning "ice" or "ice-cold" in [[Quenya]]. Also see ''[[heleg]]'' in [[Sindarin]].
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'''''helka''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "ice-cold".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 21</ref>


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[[Helge Fauskanger]] has suggested the spelling ''helca'', to conform with the Quenya spelling used in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/eng-quen.rtf English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 25 June 2011)</ref>
* [[Helcaraxë]] = "Grinding Ice"
==Etymology==
* [[Helluin]] = "Ice-blue"
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[KHELEK]] ("ice")<ref name=LR/>
 
==See also==
== References ==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[helke]]'' ("ice")
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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Latest revision as of 20:40, 19 October 2012

helka is a Quenya word meaning "ice-cold".[1][2]

Helge Fauskanger has suggested the spelling helca, to conform with the Quenya spelling used in The Lord of the Rings.[3]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References