Carmë
art
carda
noun.
deed
car
deed
car-
make, do, build, form
carnë
red
cas
noun.
head, head, [ᴱQ.] top, summit
cár
head
cáro
doer, actor, agent
tyaro
doer, actor, agent
caraxë
jagged hedge of spikes
carca
tooth
carcanë
row of teeth
carco
crow
corco
crow
car-
verb.
to do, make, to do, make, [ᴹQ.] build
carma
noun.
helm
russambos
noun.
robin
carma-cundo
proper name.
Helm-guardian
-carya
suffix.
doing
carina
adjective.
done, done, [ᴱQ.] finished
carma
noun.
tool, implement, means, weapon
carmë
noun.
art; making, production; structure
carpa
noun.
(entire) mouth; phonetic system
carpa-
verb.
to talk, speak, use tongue
carrëa
noun.
tressure, tressure, *headdress
carë
noun.
action, doing, making
aira
red, copper-coloured, ruddy
ampano
building
ampano
noun.
building, construction, edifice
amya-
verb.
[unglossed]
arra
adjective.
[unglossed]
cairë
?.
[unglossed]
canta
shape
car(am)aite
adjective.
able to make,handy,craftsmanlike,skilled
car-
verb.
do, make
caraite
adjective.
active, busy
caraitie
noun.
activity, business
carcaras
row of spikes or teeth
carda
deed
carda
noun.
deed
carie
making, doing
carila
participle.
doing
carma
noun.
deed
carma
tool, weapon
carma
noun.
tool, implement, means
carma
helm
carne (carni-)
adjective.
red
carpassë
mouth-system
carrëa
tressure
cas
head
cat-
verb.
shape
collo
noun.
cloak
conta-
verb.
[unglossed]
cára
noun.
head
cúma
noun.
[unglossed]
felca
adjective.
[unglossed]
felehta-
verb.
[unglossed], *to excavate, tunnel, mine
finca
noun.
[unglossed]
finta-
to make, finish off, or decorate a thing with delicate work
hendas
?.
[unglossed]
hindo
noun.
[unglossed]
hindë
noun.
[unglossed]
holdë
noun.
[unglossed]
háro
?.
[unglossed]
lingi-
verb.
[unglossed]
loxë
bunch, cluster
mairo
horse
maitya
?.
[unglossed]
malsa
?.
[unglossed]
melya-
verb.
[unglossed], *to be in love
narwa
ruddy, red of hair
nasar
red
naue
?.
[unglossed]
nelcë
tooth
nelet
tooth
olombo
horse
quáco
crow
quáco
noun.
crow
rocco
horse
rocco
noun.
horse
rocco
noun.
horse
roina
ruddy
ruc-
verb.
pluck
sal-
verb.
[unglossed]
sélo
?.
[unglossed]
sóla
?.
[unglossed]
tamma
tool
tamma
noun.
tool
thar-
verb.
[unglossed]
tomba
noun.
[unglossed]
tompë
noun.
[unglossed], *pulse, beat
um(ba)-
prefix.
[unglossed]
umbacarin
noun.
[unglossed]
vecca
active
vecca
adjective.
active
venië
shape, cut
venwë
shape, cut
éna
?.
[unglossed]
úpa-
verb.
[unglossed]
þúna
?.
[unglossed]
carcara
adjective.
toothed
carcasarma
noun.
large saw
carniambos
noun.
robin, (lit.) red-breast
Tolkien introduced the root √KAR with the sense “do, make” very early, and it retained this form and meaning for his entire life. It appeared as ᴱ√KARA “do, make” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/45), as ᴹ√KAR “make, build, construct” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KAR), and in numerous other places in various notes, including a last known appearance in verbal notes from 1969 as √KAR “do” (PE22/155). Though its exact set of derivatives varied over time, the root itself was extremely stable in Tolkien’s mind.