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” = “*action”.
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). ᴱQ. ká “deed, act, fact” also appeared in that document, derived from a different root ᴱ√KAHA cause” (QL/43). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the word appeared as ᴹQ. kar (kard-) “deed” in a draft version for the entry of the root ᴹ√KAR “do, make”, but this word was revised to ᴹQ. kar (kard-) “building” when Tolkien decided the root meaning was only “make, build, construct” and not “do” (Ety/KAR), a decision he later reversed. 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
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Inflections
| kard- | stem | ✧ Ety/KAR |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KAR > kar | [kard] > [kar] | ✧ Ety/KAR |
ᴱQ. ká n. “deed, act, fact” (Category: Action)
Reference ✧ QL/43 ✧ “deed, act, fact”
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ‽ᴱ√KAHA > ká | [kax] > [kaɣ] > [kā] | ✧ QL/43 |
ᴱQ. karma n. “shape, fashion; act, deed” (Category: Action)
References ✧ PE15/32; QL/45, 97
Glosses
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| karmar | plural | “*deeds” | ✧ PE15/32 |
Element In
Cognates
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√KARA > karma | [karmā] > [karma] | ✧ QL/45 |