Q. Calacirya loc. “Pass of Light”
The “Pass of Light” through the Pelóri mountains into the heart of Valinor (S/59). It is a compound of cala “light” and cirya² “cleft, pass” (RGEO/62).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, it was called ᴹQ. Kalakilya (LR/173), using an earlier word for “pass”: ᴹQ. kilya (Ety/KIL).
References ✧ LotR/377; LotRI; LT1I; MR/87, 102; MRI/Kalakiryan; PE17/73; RGEO/58-59, 62; S/59; SA/kal, kir; SI; SMI
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| Calaciryo | genitive | “of Calacirya” | ✧ LotR/377 |
| Calaciryo | genitive | ✧ PE17/73; RGEO/62 | |
| Calaciryo | genitive | “Kalakirya’s” | ✧ RGEO/59 |
| Càlacíryo | genitive | “of Calacirya” | ✧ RGEO/58 |
Elements
| cala | “light” | ✧ RGEO/62 | |
| cirya² | “cleft, pass” | ✧ RGEO/62 | |
| √KAL | “light; shine, be bright” | ✧ PE17/73; SA/kal | |
| √KIR | “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” | ✧ PE17/73; SA/kir | |
Element In
ᴹQ. Kalakilya loc. “Pass of Light”
References ✧ Ety/KAL, KIL; LR/173, 223; LRI; MR/102; MRI/Kalakiryan; TII/Calacirian
Glosses
Changes
Elements
| kala | “light” | ✧ Ety/KAL |
| kilya | “cleft, pass between hills, gorge; chasm” | ✧ Ety/KIL |
Cognates