Early Hick Lexicon — alphabetical (page 6 of 6)
- tenwa /ten.wa/
- writing; spellcraft (noun) [Communication Terms, Sacred Terms, Magical Terms]
- Eldrim tengwa
- Shows semantic extension from basic writing to magical inscription
- terimris /te.rim.ris/
- next (noun) [Time Terms, Motion Terms]
- Shows conceptualization of future as flow outward. Contrasts with terlas.
- terlas /ter.las/
- previous (noun) [Time Terms, Motion Terms]
- Shows conceptualization of past as flow inward. Contrasts with terimris.
- terok /te.rok/
- drinker; drunkard (noun) [Person Terms, Food Terms]
- One who drinks (professionally or habitually)
- tharala /θa.ra.la/
- deity (noun) [Sacred Terms, Religious Terms]
- Proto-Hick *harala
- Religious term showing resistance to regular sound changes
- thil /θil/
- virtue, moral (noun) [Abstract Concepts, Sacred Terms, Moral Terms]
- Proto-Hick *halu
- Abstract sense developed from basic meaning
- thilul /θi.lul/
- south (noun) — Derived from term for south wind [Directional Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Shows cultural association of south with favorable omens
- thilulbres /θi.lul.bres/
- south wind (noun) — Associated with favorable weather and good fortune [Weather Terms, Directional Terms, Sacred Terms]
- thragral /θra.gral/
- garden (noun) — The dual meaning reflects the sacred nature of cultivated land in Hick culture, where gardens were seen as sanctified spaces [Landforms, Garden Terms]
- thurmur /θur.mur/
- dusk owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Nocturnal Terms]
- Proto-Hick *thuru-muru-meru
- Shows compound reduction
- thurthral /θur.θral/
- sacred dusk (noun) [Time Terms, Sacred Terms]
- autumn (noun) [Time Terms, Seasonal Terms]
- tirai /ti.rai/
- fermented drink (noun) [Food Terms, Drink Terms, Taste Terms]
- Shows cultural knowledge of fermentation process
- togar /to.gar/
- limestone, mountain rock (noun) [Material Terms, Landforms]
- Shows semantic extension from visual similarity between bone and limestone
- tomur /to.mur/
- great owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Nocturnal Terms]
- Shows liquid deletion and vowel reduction
- torba /tor.ba/
- goat (noun) — Shows metaphorical extension linking goats to mountains and paternal authority [Fauna, Animals, Pastoral Terms]
- toreldal /to.rel.dal/
- High Elf (noun) — Shows cultural perception of High Elves through augmentative prefix [Peoples, Cultural Terms, Sacred Terms]
- From first elven migration period, uses native augmentative to distinguish High Elves
- torlambe /tor.lam.be/
- High Elven (Quenya) (noun) — Formal term for High Elven language [Language Terms, Eldrim Terms]
- Shows parallel formation to toreldal 'High Elf'
- torthil /tor.θil/
- arrogance, haughtiness (noun) [Abstract Concepts, Emotional Terms]
- Shows ironic compound formation - excessive virtue becoming a flaw
- torulbres /to.rul.bres/
- north wind (noun) — Original term for north wind, later often replaced by eldalulbres [Weather Terms, Directional Terms]
- trask'er /tras.kʔer/
- to run (verb) [Motion Terms, Action Terms]
- Shows semantic extension from body part to motion
- tre /tre/
- wagon, cart (noun) [Vehicle Terms]
- Proto-Hick *mataru
- Back-formed through reanalysis of ma- as plural prefix
- ul /ul/
- thumb (noun) [Body Terms, Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *ʔulu
- Original root (~800 PF) had meanings 'thumb/grasp/possession'. By Late Proto-Hick (~400 PF), bare form specialized to 'thumb/possession'. Source of possessive suffix -ul through grammaticalization.
- uran /u.rən/
- inch (unit of length, approximately thumb-width) (noun) [Measurement Terms, Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *ulu-haranu
- Shows development of measurement system from body parts
- us /us/
- grasp, possession (noun) [Basic Terms, Action Terms]
- Proto-Hick *ʔulu-isu
- Developed from locative form of *ʔulu (~400 PF) specializing in 'grasp' meaning
- val /val/
- valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]
- valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]
- valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]
- valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]
- Proto-Hick *valu
- ven /ven/
- yoke, burden (noun) [Basic Terms, Tool Terms]
- Proto-Hick *venu
- Reintroduced from dialect after original *venu developed into vin
- venuiter /vi.nu.i.ter/
- to give birth (verb) [Verbal Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Lexicalized from ellative case of 'pregnancy'
- vin /vin/
- pregnancy (noun) [Body Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Proto-Hick *venu
- Maritime standard form. Inland dialects preserve venu-sedu > vinused
- vinlas /vin.las/
- fetus, unborn child (noun) [Person Terms, Body Terms, Life Stages]
- Shows lexicalization of case marking spatial relationship
- vinok /vi.nok/
- baby, infant (noun) [Person Terms, Kinship Terms, Life Stages]
- Shows semantic extension from agentive to resultative meaning
- vinud /vi.nud/
- building, dwelling (noun) [Structure Terms, Settlement Terms, Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *venu-wudu
- Semantic shift from 'wood structure' to 'dwelling'
- vinuimris /vi.nu.im.ris/
- to give birth (verb) [Verbal Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Lexicalized from ellative case of pregnancy
- vinuiter /vi.nu.i.ter/
- to give birth (noun) [Verbal Terms, Sacred Terms]
- Lexicalized from ellative case
- vinusak /vi.nu.sak/
- dog (noun) — Basic term for domesticated canines [Animals, Domestic Animals]
- domesticated wolf (noun) — Technical/historical sense reflecting origin [Animals, Domestic Animals]
- Shows recognition of dogs as domesticated wolves through compound formation
- wad /wad/
- path (noun) [Basic Terms]
- way, manner (noun) — Extended metaphorical meaning [Sacred, Philosophical Terms, Abstract Concepts]
- Proto-Hick *wadu
- wenkulok /wen.ku.lok/
- sorceress (noun) — Neutral/respectful term for female magic user [Magic Terms, Professional Terms]
- Shows regularization of gender marking in professional terms
- wudgral /wud.gral/
- orchard (noun) [Horticulture Terms, Garden Terms]
- Shows connection between sacred garden and orchard