Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : KAT

√KAT root. “shape”

√KAT root. “shape, [ᴹ√] make”: ᴱ√VENE “shape, cut out, scoop”; ᴱ√TAQA “fashion”

The root ᴹ√KAT “shape” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. kanta- “to shape”, ᴹQ. kanta² “shaped”, and N. echad- “fashion, shape” (Ety/KAT). All these derivatives reappeared in Tolkien’s later writings, though Q. canta was more typically used as the noun “shape” (PE17/175; PE18/84, 90). The root appeared frequently in both the first and second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa as an example of a biconsonantal root (TQ1: PE18/34, 46, 62; TQ2: PE18/84-85, 87, 89-90, 95).

References ✧ PE18/84-85, 87, 89-90, 95

Glosses

“shape” ✧ PE18/84; PE18/87

Derivatives

⇒ ᴺQ. !cacátu- “to design, shape or fashion slowly”
> ✶aktō “artificer” ✧ PE18/85; PE18/85; PE18/87
- > ᴺQ. ahto “wright, maker”
- ⇒ ✶kiryaktō “shipwright” ✧ PE18/85
- > Q. ahto “wright, maker” ✧ PE18/85
> ✶kanta “shape; fashion” ✧ PE18/89
- > Q. canta² “shape, framework”
  - ⇒ 6 compounds
> ✶kat- “to shape” ✧ PE18/95
- ⇒ ✶etkat- “to form, (lit.) out-shape” ✧ PE17/42
  - > S. echad- “to form, make, shape, cut out; (lit.) to shape out” ✧ PE17/42; PE17/42
> ✶katal “carving tool”
> Q. canta² “shape, framework” ✧ PE18/90
- ⇒ 6 compounds
> Q. #canwa² “face”
> Q. cat- “to shape, fashion” ✧ PE18/90
> S. #cant “shape”
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^dorgant “landscape, scene, *(lit.) land-shape”
- ⇒ S. #cannas “[abstract] shape”
  - ⇒ S. dorgannas “shapes of the lands, *geography” ✧ WJ/192
    - ⇒ S. Dorgannas Iaur “[Account of the] Shapes of the Lands of Old” ✧ WJ/192
- ⇒ S. #morchant “shadow cast by light, (lit.) dark shape” ✧ VT42/9
⇒ S. echad- “to form, make, shape, cut out; (lit.) to shape out”

ᴹ√KAT root. “shape, make”

See √KAT for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KAT; PE18/34, 46, 62

Glosses

“make, shape” ✧ PE18/62
“shape” ✧ Ety/KAT; PE18/34

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶aktō “artificer, maker, wright” ✧ PE18/62; PE18/62
- ⇒ ᴹ✶kiryaktō “shipwright” ✧ PE18/62
  - > ᴹQ. kiryahto “shipwright” ✧ PE18/62
  - > N. ciriaeth “shipwright” ✧ PE18/62
- > ᴹQ. ahto “wright, maker” ✧ PE18/62
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. ahtumat “supper”
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. kiryahto “shipwright” ✧ PE18/62
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !parmahto “author”
⇒ ᴹ✶etkat- “to fashion” ✧ Ety/KAT
- > N. echad- “to fashion, shape; make” ✧ Ety/KAT
> ᴹ✶kantaya “shapely”
- > ᴹQ. kantea “shapely” ✧ PE19/63
> ᴹ✶kat- “to shape” ✧ PE18/34; PE18/46
> ᴹ✶katal “carving tool”
> ᴹ✶katwā “shaped, formed” ✧ Ety/KAT
- ⇒ ᴹ✶katwārā “shapely” ✧ Ety/KAT
  - > N. cadwor “shapely” ✧ Ety/KAT
- > ON. katwe “shaped, formed” ✧ Ety/KAT
  - > N. cadw “shaped, formed” ✧ Ety/KAT
    - ⇒ N. cadwor “shapely” ✧ Ety/KAT
> ᴹQ. kanta- “to shape” ✧ Ety/KAT
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !lancanta- “to transform, turn into (trans.)”
> ᴹQ. kanta² “shape, frame; shaped” ✧ Ety/KAT
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Ambarkanta “Shape of the World” ✧ SM/235
- ⇒ ᴹQ. lassekanta “leaf-shaped” ✧ Ety/KAT
> N. cant “outline” ✧ Ety/KAT
⇒ N. echain “new, built again”
- ⇒ N. Ostechain “Town Built Again, Newbold” ✧ TI/424