Early Hick Lexicon — Emotional Terms
Entries in the Emotional Terms semantic field.
- '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
- 'imsai /ʔim.sai/
- self-doubt, anxiety (noun) [Mental Terms, Emotional Terms]
- Shows cultural conceptualization of anxiety as negative self-reflection
- imasam /i.ma.sam/
- to cower, hide from fear (verb) [Motion Terms, Position Terms, Emotional Terms]
- Shows metaphorical extension of 'resting under' to fearful hiding
- imlis /im.lis/
- fear, dread (noun) [Emotional Terms, Mental Terms]
- Shows semantic development from 'seeing evil' to general fear
- imlis'er /im.li.sʔer/
- to flee, run from fear (verb) — Contrasts with trask'er 'run (neutral)' [Motion Terms, Emotional Terms]
- Shows natural development from fear to flight response
- imlisitar /im.li.si.tar/
- to flinch, startle (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Actions, Emotional Terms]
- Uses the surface-allative reading of -itar to indicate sudden upward movement
- imlisrur /im.lis.rur/
- anxiety, constant fear (noun) [Emotional Terms, Mental Terms]
- Shows extension of iterative aspect to ongoing mental state
- meris /me.ris/
- enduring love (noun) — Contrasts with fleeting emotions [Emotional Terms, Basic Terms]
- Proto-Hick *meru-risu
- 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