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Early Hick Lexicon — Basic Actions

Entries in the Basic Actions semantic field.

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
tag /tag/
hand (noun) [Body Parts, Basic Actions]
Proto-Hick *tagu
Forms verb tag'er 'to make'
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'.
wak'eth /wak.ʔeθ/
to nurse (verb) [Body Parts, Basic Actions]