Q. cauma n. “protection, shelter; shield” (Category: to Save, Preserve, Keep Safe)
A noun formed as an instrumental of the root √KAW “shelter”, thus used “for any protection or shelter natural or otherwise, sc. against sun, or rain, or wind — or against darts. It was often used = shield” (PE17/108).
Reference ✧ PE17/108 ✧ kauma “protection, shelter; shield”
Elements
| √KAW | “shelter” | ✧ PE17/108 |
| ✶-mā | “instrumental suffix” | ✧ PE17/108 |