Q. loicarë n. “mistaken action” (Category: Error, Mistake)
A word for “mistaken action” appearing in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, illustrating the use of the prefix loi- “mistaken”. It can be contrasted with saucarë “doing or making a thing very badly” and uskare “doing wrong” from the same document. These probably all function as nouns, but likely originate as infinitives of the verb car- “do”.
Reference ✧ PE17/151 ✧ loikare “mistaken action”
Elements
| loi- | “mistaken, mistake in ...” | ✧ PE17/151 |
| -carë | “action, doing, making” | ✧ PE17/151 (#kare) |