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ka-ra-mu · W247

karamu · weapon; violent implement; deliberate-force-artifact · ✅

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Domain Philosophy / Politics / Technology
Class entity / artifact
Type compound
Register standard
First use ANV-001-H (S1083): la-ka-ra-mu ka-be lo-ka-ra / no ka-be lo-o-ra — "Weapons increase [the capacity for] violence — they do not multiply collective power." (Arendt, On Violence)

Composition

ka-ra (W222: deliberate force/violence) + mu (artifact/device). Head-final: mu (artifact) is head; ka-ra specifies the type — designed to apply deliberate force. Standard -mu derivation from a verbal compound.

Definition

ka-ra (W222: deliberate force/violence) + mu (artifact/device) = deliberate-force-artifact = weapon = violent implement. Any tool or device designed to apply deliberate force (ka-ra). Arendt: weapons multiply the capacity for ka-ra without multiplying o-ra (collective power) — substituting weapons for active political support indicates declining power. Standard -mu (artifact/device) suffix derivation: ka-mu (W047: instrument), to-ki-mu (W034: computer).

ka-ra (W222: deliberate force/violence — the process ka-ra-mu implements), mu (primitive: artifact/device), ka-mu (W047: deliberate-action-device = generic instrument), o-ra (compositional: collective power — what ka-ra-mu does not multiply, S1083), wi-pa (compositional: intended aim — what ka-ra-mu destroys when used as means, S1085)

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