Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : KAB²

ᴹ√KAB² root. “to be able, capable”

⚠️ᴹ√KAB² root. “to be able, capable”: √POL “can, have physical power and ability; large, big (strong); [ᴹ√] physically strong, [ᴱ√] have stength; [√] ⚠️pound up, break up small, reduce to powder”; √KAB “hold, contain, retain, possess, have in hand; [ᴹ√] hollow”

A root appearing as both √KAV and √KAB in verbal notes from the 1940s with glosses like “be able” and “capable” (PE22/105, 127). In this sense it was probably replaced by √POL in Tolkien’s later writing (PE17/181). It relationship to √KAB “hold, contain, retain” is unclear.

References ✧ PE22/105, 127

Glosses

“am able, capable” ✧ PE22/105 (KAV-)
“be able” ✧ PE22/127

Variations

KAB ✧ PE22/127
KAV- ✧ PE22/105

Derivatives

> #ᴹ✶kab-
- > ᴹQ. #kav- “to be able”
> ᴹQ. #kav- “to be able” ✧ PE22/105; PE22/127