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Early Hick Lexicon — Flora Terms

Entries in the Flora Terms semantic field.

bran /bran/
branch (noun) [Flora Terms, Food Terms]
branlis /bran.lis/
tree berries; fruit (noun) [Flora Terms, Food Terms]
Metaphorical extension of "child" to "berries" and "fruit," reflecting cultural view of trees as nurturing figures
sar /sar/
leaf (noun) [Flora Terms]
Proto-Hick *saru
saresp /sa.resp/
sprout (noun) [Flora Terms, Agricultural Terms]
Metaphorical extension of hidden leaf beneath; reflects cultural view of growth as emergence from concealment