Early Hick Lexicon — Food Terms

Entries in the Food 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

duwesimris /du.we.sim.ris/

feed (verb) [Food Terms, Basic Terms]

Derived from "duwes" (food) with the ellative case, indicating the act of providing food

duwesok /du.we.sok/

eater, consumer (noun) [Food Terms, Person Terms]

Shows agentive marking

duwester /du.wes.ter/

meal time (noun) [Food Terms, Time Terms]

Shows temporal extension of eating

duwesthral /du.wes.θral/

ritual feast (noun) [Food Terms, Sacred Terms]

Shows ritual significance of communal eating

grased /gra.sed/

grain (noun) [Plant Terms, Food Terms]

Shows typical compound formation for cultivated plants

imtir /im.tir/

rot, decay (noun) [Process Terms, Food Terms]

Shows metaphorical extension of fermentation process to negative outcome

imtirdu /im.tir.du/

rotting meat (noun) [Food Terms, Death Terms]

cadaver (noun) [Body Terms, Death Terms]

Shows semantic extension from rotting meat to cadaver. Contrasts with du for fresh meat

imtirlis /im.tir.lis/

mushroom (noun) [Flora, Food Terms]

Shows cultural understanding of mushrooms as fruits of decay

kirmel /kir.mel/

chest fat (noun) [Body Parts, Food Terms]

melter /mel.ter/

honey (noun) [Food Terms, Natural World]

melterai /mel.te.rai/

mead (noun) [Food Terms, Drink Terms]

murduwes /mur.du.wes/

evening meal (noun) [Food Terms, Time Terms]

terok /te.rok/

drinker; drunkard (noun) [Person Terms, Food Terms]

One who drinks (professionally or habitually)

tir'er /tir.ʔer/

to wince (verb) [Bodily Functions, Taste Terms]

to ferment (verb) [Process Terms, Food Terms]

Shows connection between taste sensation, involuntary facial response, and fermentation

tirai /ti.rai/

fermented drink (noun) [Food Terms, Drink Terms, Taste Terms]

Shows cultural knowledge of fermentation process

torduwes /tor.du.wes/

feast, great eating (noun) [Food Terms, Social Terms]

tormel /tor.mel/

great fat, tallow (noun) [Food Terms, Material Terms]