Qenya
kas
noun. head
Cognates
- N.
câs“top, summit” ✧ EtyAC/KASDerivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. kallo tallo “up and down (again)” ✧ PE21/22
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KAS > kas [kas] ✧ Ety/KAS Variations
- kas ✧ EtyAC/KAS (
kas); PE21/16; PE21/22; PE21/58 (kas)- kas- ✧ PE21/19
kas
noun. case, vessel
kas
adverb. upwards, towards the top
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kast > kas [kast] > [kas] ✧ PE21/22 Variations
- kas ✧ PE21/22; PE21/25
kapsa
noun. case, vessel, case, vessel, *container
Derivations
- ᴹ√KAB “hollow”
Element in
- ᴺQ. parmacas “bookcase”
Variations
- kas ✧ PE21/20; PE21/27
kár
noun. head
Derivations
- ᴹ√KAS “head” ✧ Ety/KAS
Element in
- ᴹQ. Eldakar “Elfhelm”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KAS > kár [kās] > [kār] ✧ Ety/KAS
A word in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s glossed “case, vessel” (PE21/20). It appeared in both a short form kas (kaps-) and longer kapsa (PE21/27). It might be derived from ᴹ√KAB “hollow” as suggested by Raccoon in a Discord chat from 2022. If so, its general meaning might be “✱container”.