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Q. loicarë n. “mistaken action” (Category: Error, Mistake)

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)