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Early Hick Lexicon — by semantic field (page 6 of 13)

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

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

terok /te.rok/: drinker; drunkard (noun) [Person Terms, Food Terms]; One who drinks (professionally or habitually)

tirai /ti.rai/: fermented drink (noun) [Food Terms, Drink Terms, Taste Terms]; Shows cultural knowledge of fermentation process

torduwes /tor.du.wes/: feast, great eating (noun) [Food Terms, Social Terms]

tormel /tor.mel/: great fat, tallow (noun) [Food Terms, Material Terms]

Garden Terms

kelwud /kel.wud/: orchard (noun) [Garden Terms, Flora]; Shows productive use of kel 'leaf' in botanical compounds

riswad /ris.wad/: garden path (noun) [Path Terms, Garden 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]

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

Gender Terms

'imwen /ʔim.wen/: witch, evil woman (noun) — Pejorative term for female magic user [Magic Terms, Gender Terms]; Shows pejorative development in magical terminology

gal /gal/: man (noun) [Person Terms, Gender Terms]; Shows metaphorical extension of hardness to masculinity

wen'al /wen.ʔal/: woman (noun) [Person Terms, Gender Terms]

Geographic Terms

'irurbel /ʔi.rur.bel/: cave (noun) — Often associated with sacred or ritual sites [Sacred Terms, Landforms, Geographic Terms]; Shows sacred prefix with compound for dark hollow

airur /ai.rur/: karst, water-carved limestone terrain (noun) — Describes limestone regions shaped by water erosion [Landforms, Water Features, Geographic Terms]; karst, water-carved limestone terrain (noun) — Describes limestone regions shaped by water erosion [Landforms, Water Features, Geographic Terms]; Shows water-landform compound pattern common in geographic terms

asamgral /a.sam.gral/: flatlands, plains (noun) [Landscape Terms, Geographic Terms]; Shows metaphorical extension from position to terrain type

dupgral /dup.gral/: hills, hilly terrain (noun) [Landforms, Geographic Terms]; Shows typical landform compound formation. Contrasts with tor "peak" and gral "flat land"

Grammatical Terms

-en /-en/: that (inanimate, visible, medial) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *ena

-eth /-eθ/: that (medial, inanimate, hidden, sensed) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *etha

-is /-is/: this (inanimate, sensed, proximal) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *isa

-nat /nat/: want to, desire to (desiderative suffix) (suffix) [Grammatical Terms, Verbal Morphology]; Grammaticalized from full verb 'desire' to desiderative suffix

-rum /-rum/: that (animate, distant) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *ruma

-tan /-tan/: that (animate, visible, medial) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *tana

-thir /-θir/: that (medial, animate, sensed) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *thira

-um /-um/: that (inanimate, distant) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *uma

-ʔis /-ʔis/: this (animate, sensed, proximal) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *ʔisa

'irur /ʔi.rur/: repetition, again (noun) [Grammatical Terms, Motion Terms]; Proto-Hick *heru-heru; From reduplicated form of *heru 'action'. Forms grammaticalized iterative marker -rur/-ur

ewes /e.wes/: together with; together (lexinfo:Adposition) — Functions both as pre-absolutive adverbial marker and independent lexical item [Basic Terms, Grammatical Terms]; Proto-Hick *ʔelu-lawes; From instrumental *ʔelu "by means of" + *lawes "consume", showing semantic development from "consuming with" to general accompaniment

Honor Terms

sibar /si.bar/: distinguished one, unique person (noun) [Person Terms, Honor Terms, Social Terms]; Shows development of honorific from concept of unique naming

Horticulture Terms

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

Household Terms

arasaditar /a.ra.sa.di.tar/: table (noun) [Household Terms, Construction Terms]; Literally "elevated plank"

Identity Terms

bar /bar/: name, mark of identity (noun) [Identity Terms, Social Terms]; Proto-Hick *baru

barlas /bar.las/: personal name (noun) [Name Terms, Identity Terms]; Used for intimate/personal names

Illness Terms

imbris /im.bris/: fever, harmful heat (noun) [Medical Terms, Body States, Illness Terms]; Shows productive use of im- prefix for negative conditions

Infrastructure

'eldegralen asadimris /ʔel.də.gra.len a.sa.dim.ris/: The Elven Bridge (lexinfo:ProperNoun) — Shows formal/sacred term patterns with case marking [Place Names, Infrastructure, Sacred Terms]; Shows formal preservation of medial marker and elative case

asad /a.sad/: bridge (noun) — Shows typical development of infrastructure terms from natural materials [Infrastructure, Construction Terms]; Proto-Hick *hasa-wadu

Injury Terms

arsil /ar.sil/: open wound, cut (noun) [Medical Terms, Body Terms, Injury Terms]

kandup /kan.dup/: head lump, bump on head (noun) [Body Terms, Medical Terms, Injury Terms]

Insect Terms

sinthir /sin.θir/: fly (noun) [Animal Terms, Insect Terms]

Interrogatives

'aka /ʔa.ka/: what (interrogative) [Interrogatives]; Proto-Hick *haka; Basic question root with archaic animacy marking

'aker /ʔa.ker/: how (visible/known manner) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Manner]; Proto-Hick *haka-er-is

'akereth /ʔa.ke.reθ/: how (sensed manner) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Medial, Manner]; Proto-Hick *haka-er-eth

'akerum /ʔa.ke.rum/: how (unknown manner) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Manner]; Proto-Hick *haka-er-um

'aleth /ʔa.leθ/: who (sensed but not seen) (pronoun) — Used for referents that are heard or sensed but not visually perceived [Interrogatives, Medial Forms]; 'aka-'al-eth; Used for heard/sensed but not seen referents

'alis /ʔa.lis/: who (visible/known person) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Personal]; Proto-Hick *haka-lis

'alum /ʔa.lum/: who (unknown person) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Personal]; Proto-Hick *haka-al-um

'atal /ʔa.tal/: where (what-place-PROX.INAN) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Spatial]; Proto-Hick *haka-tal-is

'ater /ʔa.ter/: when (visible/known time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Temporal]; Proto-Hick *haka-ter-is

'aterbran /ʔa.ter.bran/: before (lexinfo:SubordinatingConjunction) — Temporal metaphor using interrogative 'when' + 'dawn' [Time Terms, Interrogatives]

'atereth /ʔa.te.reθ/: when (sensed time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Medial, Temporal]; Proto-Hick *haka-ter-eth

'aterum /ʔa.te.rum/: when (unknown time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Temporal]; Proto-Hick *haka-ter-um

'ateth /ʔa.teθ/: where (sensed location) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Medial, Spatial]; Proto-Hick *haka-tal-eth

'atum /ʔa.tum/: where (unknown location) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Spatial]; Proto-Hick *haka-tal-um

'eteleth /ʔe.te.leθ/: when (sensed time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Medial, Temporal]; Proto-Hick *haka-tel-eth

'etelum /ʔe.te.lum/: when (unknown time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Temporal]; Proto-Hick *haka-tel-um

Kinship Terms

ba /ba/: father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; father (noun) [Kinship Terms]; Proto-Hick *bahu

kethbran /keθ.bran/: kin, extended family (noun) [Kinship Terms, Social Terms]

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

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

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'

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

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

nai /nai/: mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]; mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]; mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]; mother (noun) [Kinship Terms]; Proto-Hick *nahi

thirlis /θir.lis/: grandchild (noun) [Kinship Terms]

thirmer /θir.mer/: grandparent (noun) [Kinship Terms]

tormer /tor.mer/: ancestor (noun) [Kinship Terms]

tornai /tor.nai/: ancestor (maternal) (noun) [Kinship Terms]

vinok /vi.nok/: baby, infant (noun) [Person Terms, Kinship Terms, Life Stages]; Shows semantic extension from agentive to resultative meaning

Knowledge Terms

'ilisimris'er /ʔi.li.sim.ris.ʔer/: to teach (verb) [Knowledge Terms, Action Terms]; Literally 'to cause knowledge to go out from', showing productive use of ellative for causative meanings

Landforms

'eldegral /ʔel.də.gral/: Feywild (noun) [Sacred Terms, Landforms]; Shows vowel reduction in middle syllable and sacred earth metaphor

'irurbel /ʔi.rur.bel/: cave (noun) — Often associated with sacred or ritual sites [Sacred Terms, Landforms, Geographic Terms]; Shows sacred prefix with compound for dark hollow

airur /ai.rur/: karst, water-carved limestone terrain (noun) — Describes limestone regions shaped by water erosion [Landforms, Water Features, Geographic Terms]; karst, water-carved limestone terrain (noun) — Describes limestone regions shaped by water erosion [Landforms, Water Features, Geographic Terms]; Shows water-landform compound pattern common in geographic terms

dortor /dor.tor/: back slope (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]

dupgral /dup.gral/: hills, hilly terrain (noun) [Landforms, Geographic Terms]; Shows typical landform compound formation. Contrasts with tor "peak" and gral "flat land"

grasgral /gras.gral/: meadow, grassland (noun) [Plant Terms, Pastoral Terms, Landforms]

imurtor /i.mur.tor/: evil peak, forbidden mountain (noun) [Landforms, Sacred Terms]; Shows compound formation with negative prefix

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

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]

palmal /pal.mal/: deep pool (noun) [Natural World, Landforms, Water Features]