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Early Hick Lexicon — Bird Terms

Entries in the Bird Terms semantic field.

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
venmer /ven.mer/
wing bird (noun) [Bird Terms, Animal Terms]