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KAR root. “do, make, build”

KAR root. “do, make, build, [ᴹ√] construct”

Tolkien introduced the root √KAR with the sense “do, make” very early, and it retained this form and meaning for his entire life. It appeared as ᴱ√KARA “do, make” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/45), as ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KAR), and in numerous other places in various notes, including a last known appearance in verbal notes from 1969 as √KAR “do” (PE22/155). Though its exact set of derivatives varied over time, the root itself was extremely stable in Tolkien’s mind.

References ✧ PE17/84, 114, 150, 156; PE18/95; PE22/155

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ᴹ√KAR root. “make, build, construct”

See √KAR for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KAR, KYAR; PE18/46; PE22/103, 108

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ᴱ√KARA root. “do, make”

See √KAR for discussion.

References ✧ GL/26; QL/45

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