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Early Hick Lexicon — alphabetical (page 4 of 6)

kirmil /kir.mil/: chest/organ fat (noun) [Food & Consumption Terms, Preparation Terms]

kirpel /kir.pel/: chest hair (noun) [Body Parts]

kirtor /kir.tor/: cliff face (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; cliff face (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]

kol /kol/: neck (noun) [Body Parts]; Proto-Hick *kolu

kor /kor/: cow (noun) — Early borrowing showing cultural contact with Iutlandish herders [Animals]

kost /kost/: foot (noun) [Body Parts]; Proto-Hick *kostu

krak /krak/: tooth (noun) — Forms verb krak'er 'to bite' [Body Parts]; Proto-Hick *kraku

krak'er /krak.ʔer/: to bite (verb) [Action Terms, Body Terms]

krakesi /kra.ke.si/: sword, long bladed weapon (noun) — Originally referred to wooden paddle with obsidian teeth inserts [Weapon Terms, Tool Terms]; Proto-Hick *krak-kasigaru; Shows semantic extension from wooden paddle with obsidian teeth to any long bladed weapon

krakiger /krak.i.ger/: flint, chert (noun) [Material Terms, Tool Terms]; Proto-Hick *kraku-garu

krakrak /kra.krak/: fang (noun) [Body Terms, Animal Terms]; Shows nasal deletion in compound. Forms specialized term contrasting with general krak 'tooth'

kran /kran/: horn, spike (noun) [Body Parts, Animal Terms]; Proto-Hick *kranu

kranren /kran.ren/: antlered deer (noun) [Animals, Basic Terms]

krantak /kran.tak/: to pierce, stab (verb, noun) [Basic Actions, Weapon Terms]; physical pain (verb, noun) [Body Terms, Physical States]; Shows instrumental compound formation - striking with a spike

kras /kras/: bitter (adjective) — Used for both taste and metaphorical bitterness [Taste Terms]; Proto-Hick *krasu

kras'er /kras.ʔer/: to be bitter (verb) [Taste Terms, Basic Terms]

krasim /kra.sim/: hatred (noun) [Emotional Terms, Abstract Terms]

kres /kres/: eight (numeral) [Number System]; Proto-Hick *kresu

kul /kul/: magic, sorcery (noun) [Magical Terms, Sacred Terms]; Proto-Hick *kulu

kul'er /kul.ʔer/: to perform magic (verb) [Magical Terms, Sacred Terms]

kun /kun/: knee (noun) [Body Parts]; Proto-Hick *kunu

kur /kur/: moss (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms]; copper (noun) [Metals, Material Culture]; Proto-Hick *kuru

kurtin /kur.tin/: bronze (noun) [Metal Terms, Material Terms]

li /li/: diminutive prefix: small, lesser, young (lexinfo:Prefix) — Highly productive prefix forming diminutives and terms for smaller/lesser versions [Size Terms, Basic Terms, Derivational Morphology]; Proto-Hick *li; Ancient diminutive marker, preserved in many compounds

liba /li.ba/: uncle (paternal) (noun) [Kinship Terms, Person Terms]

libres /li.bres/: gentle wind (noun) — Used primarily inland for weakened western winds after mountain crossing [Weather Terms, Regional Terms]

lik /lik/: dragon (noun) — Cultural borrowing showing Eldrim mythological influence [Mythological Terms, Borrowed Terms]; Shows semantic narrowing from general serpentine being to specific dragon concept

limal /li.mal/: pond (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]

limel /li.mel/: slightly sweet (adjective) [Taste Terms, Basic Terms]

limer /li.mer/: younger parent/aunt/uncle (noun) [Kinship Terms, Person Terms]

limur /li.mur/: small owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Animal Terms]; Triggers reduction in following syllables

linai /li.nai/: aunt (maternal) (noun) [Kinship Terms, Person Terms]

lis /lis/: child (noun) — See also: Diminutive Formation, Basic Numbers [Kinship Terms]; Proto-Hick *li-su; From diminutive prefix *li- + *su 'one', lit. 'little one'

lisbel /lis.bel/: face (noun) [Body Parts]

lithar /li.θar/: star (noun) [Sacred Terms]; Stars conceptualized as lesser deities

litil /li.til/: small thing (noun) [Size Terms, Basic Terms]

ma'al /ma.ʔal/: community, tribe (noun) — Collective term implying social/political unity [Person Terms, Political Terms]

mabarak /ma.ba.rak/: march, collective walking (noun) [Motion Terms, Action Terms, Military Terms]; Collective motion from plural marker

mal /mal/: pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; Proto-Hick *malu

malris /mal.ris/: water reed (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms, Cultivated Plants]

malthrenok /mal.θre.nok/: pool-watcher, diviner (noun) — One who practices divination through watching pools/water [Magical Terms, Sacred Terms]

mar /mar/: blood, life-fluid; red (noun) [Body Parts, Colors]; Proto-Hick *maru

marwud /mar.wud/: red wood (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms, Timber Terms, Cultivated Plants]

matakulambe /ma.ta.ku.lam.be/: Elven languages (collectively) (noun) — Formal term for all Elven languages as a group [Language Terms, Eldrim Terms, Scholarly Terms]; Uses Eldrim's own term for their languages collectively. Shows typical compound reduction pattern.

materok /ma.te.rok/: vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]; vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]; vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]; vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]; vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]

mel /mel/: sweetness (noun) — Associated with ripeness and edibility [Taste Terms]; Proto-Hick *melu

mel'er /mel.ʔer/: to be sweet (verb) [Taste Terms, Basic Terms]

meltek /mel.tek/: song (noun) — Basic term for melodic vocal performance [Music Terms, Performance Terms]; melodic rhythm (noun) — Technical term for musical patterns [Music Terms, Sound Terms]; Proto-Hick *melu-takutaku; Shows preservation of first syllable of second element in compound reduction

melter /mel.ter/: honey (noun) [Food Terms, Natural World]

melterai /mel.te.rai/: mead (noun) [Food Terms, Drink Terms]

mer /mer/: bird (noun) [Animals, Bird Terms]; parent (noun) — Extended meaning through cultural metaphor [Kinship Terms]; Proto-Hick *meru

meris /me.ris/: enduring love (noun) — Contrasts with fleeting emotions [Emotional Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *meru-risu

merkran /mer.kran/: emotional pain, heartache (noun) [Emotional Terms, Body Terms]; Shows metaphorical conceptualization of emotional pain as heart-piercing

merlis /mer.lis/: family line, lineage (noun) [Kinship Terms, Social Terms]

mes /mes/: heart (noun) [Body Terms, Sacred Terms, Emotional Terms]; Proto-Hick *mesu

mes'er /mes.ʔer/: to feel (emotion), experience emotion (verb) [Emotional Terms, Body Terms]; Shows cultural distinction between heart-based emotions and liver-based deeper feelings

mil /mil/: tallow, animal fat (noun) [Body Parts, Food & Consumption Terms]; Proto-Hick *melu

milai /mi.lai/: rendered fat, oil (noun) — Shows parallel formation with tirai 'fermented drink' [Food & Consumption Terms, Preparation Terms]

mir /mir/: cold (noun) [Weather Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *miru

miraitar /mi.rai.tar/: cold rain (noun) [Natural World, Precipitation]

miral /mi.ral/: cold pool, spring (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]

mirik /mi.rik/: ice (noun) [Weather Terms, Basic Terms, States of Matter]; Proto-Hick *mirikrakhar; Shows semantic development from 'biting cold' to 'ice'

mirthral /mir.θral/: winter solstice (noun) [Sacred Terms, Time Terms]

mobar /mo.bar/: nameless one (noun) [Person Terms, Sacred Terms]

momer /mo.mer/: chicken (noun) [Animals, Basic Terms]; Shows semantic development where negated 'bird' specifies flightless bird

mulis /mu.lis/: dream, vision (noun) [Mental Terms, Sacred Terms]; Proto-Hick *muruhilisu

mulisim /mu.li.sim/: to enter a dream state (noun) [Mental Terms, Sacred Terms]

mulisimris /mu.li.sim.ris/: to awaken from a dream (noun) [Mental Terms, Sacred Terms]

mulislas /mu.lis.las/: to enter a dream (noun) [Mental Terms, Sacred Terms]

mulisthral /mu.lis.θral/: prophetic dream (noun) [Mental Terms, Sacred Terms]

mur /mur/: night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Natural World, Temporal States]; night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Sacred Terms]; night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Sacred Terms]; night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Sacred Terms]; Proto-Hick *muru

murduwes /mur.du.wes/: evening meal (noun) [Food Terms, Time Terms]

murkel /mur.kel/: night sky (noun) [Time Terms, Celestial Bodies]

murkran /mur.kran/: night watch horn (noun) [Tool Terms, Time Terms]

murlambe /mur.lam.be/: Dark Elven (Drow) (noun) — Rare term, mainly in historical or scholarly contexts [Language Terms, Eldrim Terms]; Parallels ithiril 'Dark Elf', rarely encountered in Early Hick period

murlis /mur.lis/: night vision (noun) [Body Terms, Time Terms]

murmer /mur.mer/: night-bird, owl (noun) [Birds, Animals, Nocturnal Animals]; night-bird, owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Nocturnal Animals]; night-bird, owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Nocturnal Animals]; night-bird, owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Nocturnal Animals]

murvinu /mur.vi.nu/: stillbirth (noun) [Body Terms, Bodily Functions, Sacred Terms]; Uses mur- 'darkness' metaphorically for death

murvinuiter /mur.vi.nu.i.ter/: abortion (noun) [Body Terms, Bodily Functions, Sacred Terms]; Uses ellative case to indicate 'from/out of stillbirth'

nagral /na.gral/: black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]