kasta

noun. cause, motive, ultimate reason

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Cognates

• G. caith “cause, reason, motive”

Derivations

• ᴱ√KAHA “cause” ✧ QL/043

kas

noun. head, top, summit

Changes

• kar → kas “head” ✧ PE14/071
• kar → kas “head” ✧ PE14/072

Derivations

• ᴱ√KASA “head”

Element in

• Eq. kallo “off, from off, from on top of, from on”
• Eq. kasse “above”
• Eq. tára·kasse Taniqetildo, tára·kasisse hu·sórie “on the high top of Taniqetil, on the high peaks he sat” ✧ PE14/078; PE14/078

Variations

• kar ✧ PE14/071 (kar); PE14/072 (kar)
• kas- ✧ PE14/079

ka-

prefix. cause

Derivations

• ᴱ√KAHA “cause” ✧ QL/043

Element in

• Eq. kamanta- “to make eat, give to eat” ✧ QL/043
• Eq. kasóro- “to make sit, set” ✧ QL/043

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√KAHA > ka-	[ka-]	✧ QL/043

kar

noun. head

Cognates

• G. cas “head, skull”

Derivations

• ᴱ√KASA “head” ✧ QL/045

Element in

• Eq. ankasse(a) “lofty, tall, (lit.) up-headed, high-headed” ✧ QL/030
• Eq. tára·kasse Taniqetildo, tára·kasisse hu·sórie “on the high top of Taniqetil, on the high peaks he sat” ✧ PE14/046; PE14/046

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√KASA > kar	[kas] > [kar]	✧ QL/045