Middle Primitive Elvish
kab
root. to be able, capable
kab
root. hollow
kab-
verb. can, I can
kabinjē antāsa
I can give it
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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.