ᴱQ. karpalima adj. “tricky, clever, willy” (Category: Reason, Intelligence)

⚠️ᴱQ. carpalima, adj. “tricky, clever, willy” (Category: Reason, Intelligence)

Q. finca¹ “clever (in petty ways), *tricky”

References ✧ PE12/6; QL/45

Glosses

• “tricky, clever, willy” ✧ QL/45 (karpa̹li̱ma)

Variations

• ka̜rpa̹lima ✧ PE12/6
• karpa̹li̱ma ✧ QL/45

Elements

karpale	“a plucking, tugging, wrenching; deceiving, tricking”	✧ QL/45
-ima	“-able, possible”	✧ QL/45 (#-ima)

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶kṛ́pàlima ✧ PE12/6 (kṛ̹pa̜lima)
  • < ᴱ√KṚPṚ “pluck”

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶kṛ̹pa̜lima > ka̜rpa̹lima

[kṛpalimā] > [kṛpalima] > [karpalima]

✧ PE12/6