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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> | |||
[[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> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[KHELEK]] ("ice")<ref name=LR/> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[helke]]'' ("ice") | |||
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Revision as of 17:19, 9 December 2011
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
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 364
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 21
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)" at Ardalambion (accessed 25 June 2011)