Early Hick Lexicon — alphabetical (page 7 of 7)

venuiter /vi.nu.i.ter/: to give birth (verb) [Verbal Terms, Sacred Terms]; Lexicalized from inland/fossil ellative-like -iter; standard productive Early Hick uses -imris for ellative functions

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 inland/fossil ellative-like -iter

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

ward /ward/: direction, guidance (noun) — Base nominal form [Basic Terms, Sacred]; Proto-Hick *wardu

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

wesp /wesp/: cellar, basement, lower enclosed space (noun) — Lexicalized relic; productive case use normally appears as -esp [Architecture, Dwelling Terms, Spatial Terms]; Proto-Hick *wesu pu; Lexical bridge between wes "cover, enclose" and the productive subessive -esp. Probably first meant an enclosed hole or burrow-dwelling, broadened under Maritime Hick influence to enclosed lower spaces such as ship holds, then generalized in Early Hick to cellars, basements, and similar lower enclosed spaces.

wudgral /wud.gral/: orchard (noun) [Horticulture Terms, Garden Terms]; Shows connection between sacred garden and orchard

wudlambe /wud.lam.be/: Wood Elven (Sindarin) (noun) — Common term for Wood Elven language [Language Terms, Eldrim Terms]; Parallels edel 'Wood Elf', most common Elven contact language