A verb in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s with present form karpe and past form karpie, derived from primitive ᴱ✶kṛp- “to pluck” (PE14/58), clearly related to the early root ᴱ√KᴬRPᴬR [KṚPṚ] from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/45). This verb appeared unglossed with various inflected forms in a document on Qenya Verb Forms, probably from the 1910s (PE14/34). A Qenya form karp- appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but it is unclear whether this was a verb or just a representation of Qenya derivatives of the root (GL/27).
Early Quenya
karpan
noun. hank (of wool etc.)
Derivations
- ᴱ√KṚPṚ “pluck” ✧ QL/045
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√KᴬRPᴬR > karpan [kṛpan] > [karpan] ✧ QL/045
karp-
verb. to pluck
Cognates
- G. crib- “to gather, pluck” ✧ GL/27
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶kṛp- > karpie [kṝpie] > [karpie] ✧ PE14/058 ᴱ✶kṛp- > karpe [kṛp-] > [karp-] ✧ PE14/058 Variations
- karpi- ✧ PE14/034
karpi-
verb. to pluck
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hank (of wool, etc.)” under the early root ᴱ√KᴬRPᴬR “pluck” (QL/45).