Early Hick Lexicon — Bodily Functions

Entries in the Bodily Functions semantic field.

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]

Built on already lexicalized vinuiter, preserving the inland/fossil ellative-like -iter birth term

tir /tir/

sour (adjective) [Taste Terms]

wince, sour facial response (adjective) [Bodily Functions, Taste Terms]

Proto-Hick *tilmuru

Shows semantic connection between sour taste and facial response

tir'er /tir.ʔer/

to wince (verb) [Bodily Functions, Taste Terms]

to ferment (verb) [Process Terms, Food Terms]

Shows connection between taste sensation, involuntary facial response, and fermentation