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Early Hick Lexicon — alphabetical (page 2 of 6)

asa /a.sa/: vine (noun) [Plant Terms]; Proto-Hick *hasa; Shows regular loss of initial h-

asad /a.sad/: bridge (noun) — Shows typical development of infrastructure terms from natural materials [Infrastructure, Construction Terms]; Proto-Hick *hasa-wadu

asam /a.səm/: rest, resting place (noun) — Source of subessive case marker -asam through grammaticalization [Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *xasamu

asamasam /a.sa.ma.sam/: to lie down (verb) [Position Terms, Stance Actions]; From asam "rest" with subessive case -asam, literally "rest downward". Shows parallel formation to asamitar "sit"

asamgasam /a.sam.ga.sam/: flattening (initial grinding) (noun) [Tool Terms, Technical Terms]; Literally "rest grinding," referring to the initial flattening process

asamgral /a.sam.gral/: flatlands, plains (noun) [Landscape Terms, Geographic Terms]; Shows metaphorical extension from position to terrain type

asamitar /a.sa.mi.tar/: to sit, rest upon (verb) [Position Terms, Stance Actions, Basic Terms]; From asam "rest, resting place" with superessive case, literally "rest upon". Shows common pattern of case suffixes becoming lexicalized into verbs

asamwen /a.sam.wen/: daffodil (noun) — Common spring flower, Narcissus species [Flora, Flower Names, Spring Terms]; Named for characteristic drooping posture of flower head

asatogar /a.sa.to.gar/: travertine (noun) [Material Terms, Natural World]; Named for its flowing, vine-like mineral formations

ba /ba/: father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; Proto-Hick *bahu

bar /bar/: name, mark of identity (noun) [Identity Terms, Social Terms]; Proto-Hick *baru

barak /ba.rak/: walking, gait (noun) [Motion Terms, Movement Terms]; Proto-Hick *baraku; Forms verb barak'er "to walk" with -'er suffix

barakter /ba.rak.ter/: league (distance walkable in one hour, roughly 3-4 miles) (noun) — Often shortened to rakter in colloquial speech [Measurement Terms, Distance Terms, Time Terms]; Distance measure based on one hour's walking time. Shows temporal suffix used for distance measurement.

barlas /bar.las/: personal name (noun) [Name Terms, Identity Terms]; Used for intimate/personal names

bedek /be.dek/: tongue (noun) [Body Parts, Basic Terms]; Metaphorical compound

bel /bel/: mouth, opening (noun) [Body Parts, Maritime Terms, Architecture]; Proto-Hick *belu; Basic term for mouth/opening

belimris /be.lim.ris/: taste (active) (noun) [Body Parts, Case System, Sensory Terms]; Shows productive use of ellative case for active tasting

bellas /bel.las/: taste (reception) (noun) [Body Parts, Case System, Sensory Terms]; Shows productive use of illative case for reception of taste

belnes /bel.nes/: mouthed fish (noun) [Animal Terms, Fish Terms]; Descriptive compound based on physical feature

brakel /bra.kel/: morning sky (noun) [Time Terms, Sky Terms]; Shows nasal deletion in compounds

bram /bram/: tide, tidal water (noun) [Maritime Terms, Time Terms, Water Features]; Proto-Hick *bramu; Basic term for tidal phenomena

bramal /bra.mal/: tidal pool (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features]; Shows nasal deletion in compounds

bramis /bra.mis/: sea mist, coastal fog (noun) [Natural World, Precipitation, Maritime Terms]

brammater /bram.ma.ter/: river-vessel (noun) [Maritime Terms, Vehicle Terms]; Shows compound formation pattern for vessel types

bramulis /bra.mu.lis/: vortex, whirlpool (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features]; Literally "tide's eye". Shows coda simplification where final -l of bramul merges with initial l- of lis

bran /bran/: branch (noun) [Flora Terms, Food Terms]

branlir /bran.lir/: watchtower (noun) [Architecture, Military]; Proto-Hick *bran-lir; Military architecture term

branlis /bran.lis/: tree berries; fruit (noun) [Flora Terms, Food Terms]; Metaphorical extension of "child" to "berries" and "fruit," reflecting cultural view of trees as nurturing figures

branthral /bran.θral/: spring (noun) [Time Terms, Seasonal Terms]; Shows seasonal terminology pattern

brast /brast/: dominant arm (noun) [Body Parts, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *bara-satu; Specifically refers to dominant arm, contrasting with ret "arm (general)". Forms verb brast'er "to reach". Cultural link to tak "right (direction)"

brastak /bras.tak/: weapons, armaments (noun) — Often used collectively for military equipment [Weapon Terms, Military Terms]; Shows metonymic extension from action to implements

brastok /bras.tok/: craftsman, artisan (noun) — General term for skilled manual craftworkers [Body Parts]; Shows cultural importance of manual craft skills

brastran /bras.tran/: foot (unit of length, approximately arm-length) (noun) [Measurement Terms, Basic Terms]; Shows development of -ran as measurement suffix from *haranu 'length'

bres /bres/: wind (noun) [Weather Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *bresu

bressim /bres.sim/: weather (conditions) (noun) — Forms verb bressim'er "to change (of weather)" [Wind Terms, Climate Terms]; Shows lexicalization of translative case marking, conceptualizing weather as "becoming like wind"

bresubel /bre.su.bel/: shout, yell (verb) — Basic term for loud vocal expression [Sound Terms, Body Terms, Communication Terms]; Proto-Hick *bresu-belu; Shows typical compound formation with body part term

bris /bris/: heat (noun) [Elements, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *brisu; Basic term for heat/warmth

brises /bri.ses/: light, illumination; discover, explore (noun) [Natural Terms, Sacred Terms]; Proto-Hick *brisu-wesu; Shows metaphorical extension of "embraced heat" to light/illumination. Forms verb brises'er "to shine", further extended of illumination to discovery and exploration

brismal /bris.mal/: forge (native term) (noun) [Construction Terms, Tool Terms]

brismer /bris.mer/: passionate lover (noun) [Love Terms, Person Terms, Family Terms]; Shows ambiguous compound analysis between 'passionate-parent' and 'fire-heart'

dak /dak/: snake (noun) [Animal Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *daluku; From root meaning "slither", forms verb dak'er "to slither"

dakisa /da.ki.sa/: infatuation (noun) [Body Parts, Bodily Functions, Sacred Terms]; Proto-Hick *daluku-isa-hihasa; Literally "snake in the gut"; metaphorical extension for intense desire

dor /dor/: back, behind (noun) [Landscape Terms, Maritime Terms, Body Parts]; Proto-Hick *doru; Basic term for back/behind

dorgar /dor.gər/: spine (noun) [Body Parts]

dorren /dor.ren/: pack deer (noun) [Animal Terms, Basic Terms]; Descriptive compound based on behavior

dortor /dor.tor/: back slope (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]

du /du/: meat (noun) [Food & Consumption Terms]; Proto-Hick *duha

dudup /du.dup/: swollen muscle (noun) [Body Terms, Medical Terms]

dup /dup/: pearl; lump, mass (noun) [Natural Terms, Medical Terms]; Proto-Hick *dupu; Shows semantic extension from 'pearl' to general 'rounded mass'

dupgral /dup.gral/: hills, hilly terrain (noun) [Landforms, Geographic Terms]; Shows typical landform compound formation. Contrasts with tor "peak" and gral "flat land"

duwes /du.wes/: food, nourishment (noun) — Basic term for both food and eating [Food & Consumption Terms, Basic Terms]; Semantic extension from 'meat-container' to general 'food'

duwesimris /du.we.sim.ris/: feed (verb) [Food Terms, Basic Terms]; Derived from "duwes" (food) with the ellative case, indicating the act of providing food

duwesok /du.we.sok/: eater, consumer (noun) [Food Terms, Person Terms]; Shows agentive marking

duwester /du.wes.ter/: meal time (noun) [Food Terms, Time Terms]; Shows temporal extension of eating

duwesthral /du.wes.θral/: ritual feast (noun) [Food Terms, Sacred Terms]; Shows ritual significance of communal eating

edel /e.del/: Wood Elf (noun) — Used to refer to Wood Elves, showing early contact with Elvish peoples [Person Terms, Borrowed Terms]; Sindarin eðel + pre-Early Hick ʔal; Borrowed term for Wood Elves

eldalulbres /el.da.lul.bres/: north wind (noun) — Replaced torulbres in most dialects after Eldrim contact [Weather Terms, Directional Terms, Cultural Terms]; Emerged after Eldrim conflicts, showing cultural trauma

eldul /el.dul/: north (noun) — Derived from term for north wind [Directional Terms, Wind Terms]; Shows historical Eldrim influence on directional system

eltek /el.tek/: compacted, condensed (especially of soil) (adjective) [Basic Terms, Earth Terms]; shaped from loose material (adjective) [Basic Terms, Earth Terms]; Proto-Hick *ʔelu-taku; From phrase 'grale ʔelu taku' (soil together hit). Shows development from physical action to resultant state

eter /e.ter/: flow of things; correct ordering, sorting (noun) — Forms verb eter'er "to sort, arrange" [Abstract Terms, Motion Terms]; Shows metaphorical extension of flow to proper arrangement

etil /e.til/: thing (noun) [Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *etilu

etilsim /e.til.sim/: everything changes/transforms (with implications of resignation/indifference) (adverb) — Often used as resigned response to change or loss [Abstract Concepts, Philosophical Terms]; Shows lexicalization of translative case into expression of both transformation and resignation

ewes /e.wes/: together with; together (lexinfo:Adposition) — Functions both as pre-absolutive adverbial marker and independent lexical item [Basic Terms, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *ʔelu-lawes; From instrumental *ʔelu "by means of" + *lawes "consume", showing semantic development from "consuming with" to general accompaniment

gal /gal/: man (noun) [Person Terms, Gender Terms]; Shows metaphorical extension of hardness to masculinity

gar /gar/: stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; Proto-Hick *garu

gasam /ga.sam/: grinding (noun) — Forms the base for specialized grinding terms [Tool Terms, Basic Terms]; Literally "under rock," referring to the action of grinding

ger /ger/: metal (noun) [Metals, Material Culture, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *kuru-garu

gnar /gnar/: correct (noun) [Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *gnaru

gnater /gna.ter/: desire (verb) [Mental Terms, Emotional Terms, Basic Terms]

gra /gra/: grey (adjective) — Lost other meanings by Early Hick, making ka- prefix unnecessary [Colors, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *grau; Shows vowel sequence simplification

grakur /gra.kur/: grey copper (noun) [Metals, Colors]; Shows descriptive compound formation for metal types

gral /gral/: earth, soil (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; earth, soil (noun) [Natural World]; earth, soil (noun) [Natural World]; earth, soil (noun) [Natural World]; Proto-Hick *gralu

gralimris /gra.lim.ris/: excrement (noun) [Medical Terms, Body Terms]

granmal /gran.mal/: grain storage (noun) [Agricultural Terms, Storage Terms]

gransed /gran.sed/: grain (noun) [Plant Terms, Place Terms]

grapar /gra.par/: earthworm (noun) [Animals, Earth Terms]; Shows descriptive compound formation based on movement

gras /gras/: grass (noun) [Plant Terms]; grass (noun) [Plant Terms, Natural World, Pastoral Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *grasu

grased /gra.sed/: grain (noun) [Plant Terms, Food Terms]; Shows typical compound formation for cultivated plants

grasgral /gras.gral/: meadow, grassland (noun) [Plant Terms, Pastoral Terms, Landforms]

graswad /gras.wad/: pasture path (noun) [Pasture Terms, Agricultural Terms]