Early Hick Lexicon — Body Terms
Entries in the Body Terms semantic field.
- 'ibris /ʔib.ris/
- breath (noun) — Often used in ritual contexts [Sacred Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows sacred prefix with basic term for wind/breath
- 'ilsul /ʔil.sul/
- happiness, joy (noun) — Often appears in well-wishing expressions [Emotional Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows cultural conceptualization of liver as seat of emotions, particularly positive ones
- 'u'u /ʔu.ʔu/
- cry, weep (in sorrow/pain) (verb) — Often reduplicated for continuous crying [Sound Terms, Emotion Terms, Body Terms]
- Proto-Hick *'uhu-'uhu
- Onomatopoeic origin from crying/sobbing sound
- aiesp /ai.esp/
- bathe (noun) — Basic term for immersion in water [Water Terms, Motion Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows lexicalization of subessive case into basic verb stem
- bresubel /bre.su.bel/
- shout, yell (verb) — Basic term for loud vocal expression [Sound Terms, Body Terms, Communication Terms]
- Proto-Hick *bresu-belu
- Shows typical compound formation with body part term
- hahu /ha.hu/
- laugh, laughter (noun) — Preserves original meaning through irregular sound change [Sound Terms, Emotion Terms, Body Terms]
- Proto-Hick *hahu
- Shows irregular sound change preserving original 'laugh' meaning while regular form *halu developed into 'good' (via hi-halu > 'il)
- imeresp /i.me.resp/
- sleep (noun) — Shows metaphorical extension of breath/spirit sinking [Spirit Terms, Body Terms]
- imtirdu /im.tir.du/
- rotting meat (noun) [Food Terms, Death Terms]
- cadaver (noun) [Body Terms, Death Terms]
- Shows semantic extension from rotting meat to cadaver. Contrasts with du for fresh meat
- kawak /ka.wak/
- soft (adjective) — Shows cultural association between softness and nurturing [Tactile Properties, Body Terms]
- krakrak /kra.krak/
- fang (noun) [Body Terms, Animal Terms]
- Shows nasal deletion in compound. Forms specialized term contrasting with general krak 'tooth'
- 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
- merkran /mer.kran/
- emotional pain, heartache (noun) [Emotional Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows metaphorical conceptualization of emotional pain as heart-piercing
- mes'er /mes.ʔer/
- to feel (emotion), experience emotion (verb) [Emotional Terms, Body Terms]
- Shows cultural distinction between heart-based emotions and liver-based deeper feelings
- 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
- par /par/
- crawl (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Terms]
- *paru-heru
- Shows semantic development from 'belly-motion' to general 'crawl'
- sinibel /si.ni.bel/
- taste (noun) — Shows metaphorical extension of floating motion to sensory perception [Taste Terms, Body Terms]
- ul /ul/
- thumb (noun) [Body Terms, Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *ʔulu
- Original root (~800 PF) had meanings 'thumb/grasp/possession'. By Late Proto-Hick (~400 PF), bare form specialized to 'thumb/possession'. Source of possessive suffix -ul through grammaticalization.