Q. uxarë n. “doing wrong” (Category: Wrong)
A word appearing as uskare or uxare “doing wrong” in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, illustrating the use of the prefix us- “wrong”. It can be contrasted with loikare “mistaken action” and saucarë “doing or making a thing very badly” from the same document. These probably all function as nouns, but likely originate as infinitives of the verb car- “do”.
References ✧ PE17/151
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| us- | “[wrong] with a bad sense; unsuitable, bad, improper, useless, wrong” | ✧ PE17/151 |
| -carë | “action, doing, making” | ✧ PE17/151 (#care) |
Cognates