Early Hick Lexicon — Emotion Terms

Entries in the Emotion Terms semantic field.

'ilibris /ʔi.li.bris/

passion; inspire fervor (noun) [Emotion Terms, Sacred Terms]

Shows positive metaphorical extension of burning sensation

'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

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)

imibris /im.i.bris/

rage, anger; wrath (noun) [Emotion Terms, Sacred Terms]

Shows negative metaphorical extension of burning sensation