Early Hick Lexicon — alphabetical (page 5 of 6)
- nai /nai/
- mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]
- mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]
- mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]
- mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]
- Proto-Hick *nahi
- natlas /nat.las/
- friend (noun) [Person Terms, Social Terms]
- Shows cluster simplification and case lexicalization. From 'one in a state of desire/affection' to 'friend'
- par /par/
- crawl (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Terms]
- *paru-heru
- Shows semantic development from 'belly-motion' to general 'crawl'
- parduwes /par.du.wes/
- cavern, cave network (noun) — Originally 'worm-eaten,' extended to mean cave networks [Landforms, Mythological Terms]
- Shows compound reduction of grapar-duwes to parduwes
- parmatal /par.ma.tal/
- library (noun) — Institutional term for book repository [Writing Terms, Building Terms]
- Shows productive use of -tal for institutional locations
- pirlas'er /pir.las.ʔer/
- to hear (verb) — Passive perception verb using illative to mark reception of sound. Contrasts with active pir'er 'listen' [Perception Terms, Basic Terms]
- rantirdu /ran.tir.du/
- piracy, maritime raiding (noun) [Maritime Terms, Criminal Terms]
- Reanalyzed from rantirduok without agentive -ok
- rantirduok /ran.tir.du.ok/
- pirate, maritime raider (noun) [Maritime Terms, Professional Terms]
- Originally 'river raider', extended to all maritime thieves. Shows compound reduction of imtirduok.
- rek /rek/
- bark (of dog/wolf) (noun) — Basic term for canine vocalization [Sound Terms, Animal Terms]
- Proto-Hick *reku
- Shows onomatopoeic origin from sound of canine bark
- sai /sai/
- sense of self (noun) [Mental Terms, Sacred Terms]
- inner voice (noun) [Mental Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Shows folk etymology where kasai 'introspection' (< kasu-ai 'reflection-water') was reanalyzed as ka-sai leading to extraction of sai as independent term
- saresp /sa.resp/
- sprout (noun) [Flora Terms, Agricultural Terms]
- Metaphorical extension of hidden leaf beneath; reflects cultural view of growth as emergence from concealment
- sat /sat/
- appendage; penis (noun) [Body Parts]
- Proto-Hick *satu
- Basic term for appendages, with anatomical extension. Forms compounds for specific body parts.
- sedter /sed.ter/
- planting time (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms, Rituals, Seasonal Terms, Agricultural Terms]
- sibar /si.bar/
- distinguished one, unique person (noun) [Person Terms, Honor Terms, Social Terms]
- Shows development of honorific from concept of unique naming
- sibris /si.bris/
- love (noun) [Abstract Concepts, Emotional Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Proto-Hick *hibrisu
- Metaphorical extension from 'fire' to 'passion/love'
- sinas /si.nas/
- drift, passage (noun) [Motion Terms, Maritime Terms, Abstract Concepts]
- Proto-Hick *senu-asa-u
- Literally 'floating through', shows typical compound reduction
- sinibel /si.ni.bel/
- taste (noun) — Shows metaphorical extension of floating motion to sensory perception [Taste Terms, Body Terms]
- stor /stor/
- growth (noun) [Basic Terms]
- addition, increment (noun) — Mathematical sense developed from basic meaning 'growth' [Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *storu
- Base form preserved in sacred terms
- storbran /stor.bran/
- marriage, family union (noun) [Family Terms, Social Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Shows formalization of marriage as union between family lines
- sumerok /su.me.rok/
- goat (noun) — Shows compound reduction and metaphorical extension through agentive marking [Animals]
- tag'er /tag.ʔer/
- to make, to craft (verb) [Basic Actions, Body Parts]
- Shows concrete development from manual action to general creation. Contrasts with abstract 'ir'er 'to do'.
- tagimris /tag.im.ris/
- give (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Parts]
- Shows common pattern of ellative case marking motion from hand. Contrasts with taglas 'take'.
- taglas /tag.las/
- take, receive (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Parts]
- Shows common pattern of illative case marking motion into hand. Contrasts with tagimris 'give'.
- tak /tak/
- strike, impact (noun) [Basic Terms]
- touch, contact (noun) [Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *taku
- Onomatopoeic origin
- takal /ta.kal/
- word (noun) [Language Terms]
- Metaphorical extension from takutakal, conceptualizing word as single unit of language rhythm.
- takimer /ˈta.ki.mɛr/
- echo (noun) [Sound Terms, Spirit Terms]
- sound spirit (noun) [Sound Terms, Spirit Terms]
- Reflects early animistic understanding of sound phenomena
- takimris /ta.kim.ris/
- to attack, to oppose (verb) [Action Terms, Conflict Terms]
- Shows development of aggressive meaning through ellative case
- takulambe /ta.ku.lam.be/
- Common Elven (Sindarin-based lingua franca) (noun) [Language Terms]
- Early Hick term for simplified Elven trade language. Shows development of inter-cultural communication
- takutak /ta.ku.tak/
- rhythm (noun) [Sound Terms, Musical Terms]
- Proto-Hick *takutaku
- Preserves onomatopoeic reduplication
- takutakal /ta.ku.ta.kal/
- language (noun) [Language Terms, Sound Terms]
- Shows conceptual link between rhythm and language
- takutek /ta.ku.tek/
- rhythm (noun) [Musical Terms, Sound Terms]
- Proto-Hick *takutaku
- Preserves onomatopoeic reduplication
- takuter /ta.ku.ter/
- harmony, attunement (noun) [Basic Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Shows reduction of reduplicated base through compound simplification
- tal /tal/
- place, location (noun) — Forms many location compounds [Spatial Terms, Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *halu
- Borrowed from Pre-Hick dialect where spatial meaning developed
- tamin /ta.min/
- forge, smithy (noun) — Borrowed technical term from Eldrim metalworking traditions [Construction Terms, Tool Terms, Borrowed Terms]
- Direct borrowing of Quenya technical term for forge/smithy
- tarul /ta.rul/
- west (noun) — Derived from term for west wind [Directional Terms, Weather Terms]
- Shows climatic influence on directional terms