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ᴺQ. !calatengwë n. “photograph, (lit.) light-writing” (Category: Painting, Picture)

ᴺQ. !calatengwë, n. “photograph, (lit.) light-writing” [created by ABNW] (Category: Painting, Picture)

A neologism for “photograph”, more literally “(lit.) light-writing”, appearing in Ales Bican’s New Words (ABNW) from the early 2000s. It is a combination of cala “light” and tengwë “writing”, a translation of the original greek meaning of “photograph”.

Elements

Q. cala “light”
Q. tengwë “sign, token, indication; writing”