Early Hick Lexicon — Animals

Entries in the Animals semantic field.

aniko /a.ni.ko/

animal (general term) (noun) [Animals, Basic Terms]

Proto-Hick *xani-kostu

Shows semantic extension from descriptive 'four-legged' to general term for animal

grapar /gra.par/

earthworm (noun) — Standard Early Hick form. Maltreks and upper Malter Valley speech may use grapal, especially in the plural grapales. [Animals, Earth Terms]

Shows descriptive compound formation based on movement

kor /kor/

cow (noun) — Early borrowing showing cultural contact with Iutlandish herders [Animals]

kranren /kran.ren/

antlered deer (noun) [Animals, Basic Terms]

mer /mer/

bird (noun) [Animals, Bird Terms]

parent (noun) — Extended meaning through cultural metaphor [Kinship Terms]

Proto-Hick *meru

momer /mo.mer/

chicken (noun) [Animals, Basic Terms]

Shows semantic development where negated 'bird' specifies flightless bird

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]

rok /rok/

horse (noun) — Shows elvish introduction of horses [Animals, Pastoral Terms]

sumerok /su.me.rok/

goat (noun) — Shows compound reduction and metaphorical extension through agentive marking [Animals]

torba /tor.ba/

goat (noun) — Shows metaphorical extension linking goats to mountains and paternal authority [Fauna, Animals, Pastoral Terms]

toren /to.ren/

horse (noun) — Shows semantic extension through size metaphor [Animals]

tornes /tor.nes/

whale (noun) [Animals]

tor-nes

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