Q. carda n. “deed” (Category: Action)
Quenya noun for a “deed”, a combination of the verb car- “to do” and the verbal suffix -da used for the product of an action (PE17/51; PE22/152), thus literally “*a thing done”.
Conceptual Development: Perhaps the earliest precursor of this word is ᴱQ. karma “shape, fashion; act, deed” in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s of similar derivation (QL/45). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the word appeared as ᴹQ. kar² (kard-), but this gloss was rejected and replaced by ᴹQ. kar¹ “building” (Ety/KAR). The form karma “deed” also appeared in some later writings, but was rejected (PE22/138).
References ✧ PE17/51; PE22/138, 152
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| car- | “to do, make” | ✧ PE22/152 (kar-) | |
| -da | “product of an action” | ||
| ✶-dā | “product of an action” | ✧ PE17/51 | |
Cognates
ᴹQ. kar² (kard-) n. “deed” (Category: Action)
References ✧ Ety/KAR
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| kard- | stem | ✧ Ety/KAR |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KAR > kar | [kard] > [kar] | ✧ Ety/KAR |
ᴱQ. karma n. “shape, fashion; act, deed” (Category: Action)
References ✧ PE15/32; QL/45, 97
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| karmar | plural | “*deeds” | ✧ PE15/32 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√KARA > karma | [karmā] > [karma] | ✧ QL/45 |