Early Hick Lexicon — by semantic field (page 3 of 13)
Bird Terms
Section titled “Bird Terms”- limur /li.mur/
- small owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Animal Terms]
- Triggers reduction in following syllables
- mer /mer/
- bird (noun) [Animals, Bird Terms]
- parent (noun) — Extended meaning through cultural metaphor [Kinship Terms]
- Proto-Hick *meru
- 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]
- thurmur /θur.mur/
- dusk owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Nocturnal Terms]
- Proto-Hick *thuru-muru-meru
- Shows compound reduction
- tomur /to.mur/
- great owl (noun) [Bird Terms, Nocturnal Terms]
- Shows liquid deletion and vowel reduction
- 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]
Bodily Functions
Section titled “Bodily Functions”- 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
- 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'
Body Actions
Section titled “Body Actions”- imlisitar /im.li.si.tar/
- to flinch, startle (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Actions, Emotional Terms]
- Uses superlative case to indicate sudden upward movement
Body Parts
Section titled “Body Parts”- 'ilibris'er /ʔi.li.bris.ʔer/
- (euphemistic) to make love, have sexual intercourse (verb) [Body Parts, Sacred Terms]
- Euphemistic term derived from 'ilibris 'passion'. Shows cultural preference for metaphors of warmth/fire in intimate contexts.
- 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
- 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)"
- brastok /bras.tok/
- craftsman, artisan (noun) — General term for skilled manual craftworkers [Body Parts]
- Shows cultural importance of manual craft skills
- 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
- impal /im.pal/
- weakness, frailty (noun) [Body Parts, Basic Terms]
- Source of adjective kaimpal "weak". Shows metaphorical extension of belly/gut health to general strength
- kabrast /ka.brast/
- skilled with hands, manually dexterous (adjective) — Specifically for craft skills requiring hand coordination; does not extend to martial or athletic dexterity [Body Parts]
- Shows metaphorical extension to manual craft skills
- kir'irur /kir.ʔi.rur/
- ribcage (noun) — Shows parallel metaphorical extension with 'irurlis 'gourd/container' [Body Parts]
- sat /sat/
- appendage; penis (noun) [Body Parts]
- Proto-Hick *satu
- Basic term for appendages, with anatomical extension. Forms compounds for specific body parts.
- 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'.
Body States
Section titled “Body States”- imbris /im.bris/
- fever, harmful heat (noun) [Medical Terms, Body States, Illness Terms]
- Shows productive use of im- prefix for negative conditions
Body Terms
Section titled “Body Terms”- 'ibris /ʔib.ris/
- breath (noun) — Often used in ritual contexts [Sacred Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows sacred prefix with basic term for wind/breath
- 'ilsul /ʔil.sul/
- happiness, joy (noun) — Often appears in well-wishing expressions [Emotional Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows cultural conceptualization of liver as seat of emotions, particularly positive ones
- 'u'u /ʔu.ʔu/
- cry, weep (in sorrow/pain) (verb) — Often reduplicated for continuous crying [Sound Terms, Emotion Terms, Body Terms]
- Proto-Hick *'uhu-'uhu
- Onomatopoeic origin from crying/sobbing sound
- aiesp /ai.esp/
- bathe (noun) — Basic term for immersion in water [Water Terms, Motion Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows lexicalization of subessive case into basic verb stem
- 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
- hahu /ha.hu/
- laugh, laughter (noun) — Preserves original meaning through irregular sound change [Sound Terms, Emotion Terms, Body Terms]
- Proto-Hick *hahu
- Shows irregular sound change preserving original 'laugh' meaning while regular form *halu developed into 'good' (via hi-halu > 'il)
- imeresp /i.me.resp/
- sleep (noun) — Shows metaphorical extension of breath/spirit sinking [Spirit Terms, Body Terms]
- imtirdu /im.tir.du/
- rotting meat (noun) [Food Terms, Death Terms]
- cadaver (noun) [Body Terms, Death Terms]
- Shows semantic extension from rotting meat to cadaver. Contrasts with du for fresh meat
- kawak /ka.wak/
- soft (adjective) — Shows cultural association between softness and nurturing [Tactile Properties, Body Terms]
- krakrak /kra.krak/
- fang (noun) [Body Terms, Animal Terms]
- Shows nasal deletion in compound. Forms specialized term contrasting with general krak 'tooth'
- 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