Early Hick Lexicon — Derivational Morphology
Entries in the Derivational Morphology semantic field.
- im /im/
- privative prefix: without, lacking, deprived of (lexinfo:Prefix) — Western Seneran variant used mainly in fossilized compounds and regional landscape terms. It contrasts with standard mo- as the general negation prefix. [Negation, Derivational Morphology, Regional Terms]
- Predominantly western Seneran privative prefix developed from im 'evil, abstract negativity' through semantic bleaching from harmful or defective to lacking or without.
- li /li/
- diminutive prefix: small, lesser, young (lexinfo:Prefix) — Highly productive prefix forming diminutives and terms for smaller/lesser versions [Size Terms, Basic Terms, Derivational Morphology]
- Proto-Hick *li
- Ancient diminutive marker, preserved in many compounds
- mo /mo/
- general negation prefix: not, non-, mis- (lexinfo:Prefix) — Standard Early Hick negation prefix, contrasting with regional western im- as a privative prefix. [Negation, Derivational Morphology, Grammatical Terms]
- Proto-Hick *muru
- General negation prefix grammaticalized from Proto-Hick *muru 'darkness, absence'.