Early Hick Lexicon — Case System

Entries in the Case System semantic field.

belimris /be.lim.ris/

taste (active) (noun) [Body Parts, Case System, Sensory Terms]

Shows productive use of ellative case for active tasting

bellas /bel.las/

taste (reception) (noun) [Body Parts, Case System, Sensory Terms]

Shows productive use of illative case for reception of taste

thralas /θra.las/

divine revelation, sacred illumination (noun) — Poetic and religious; later lexicalized from ritual phrases where truth or insight is said to enter sacred light [Sacred Terms, Light Terms, Abstract Concepts, Case System]

Ossified from ritual and maximic use of transparent thrallas 'into sacred light'; the lexicalized form simplifies the boundary and denotes divine revelation.