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Early Hick Lexicon — Gender Terms

Entries in the Gender Terms semantic field.

'imwen /ʔim.wen/
witch, evil woman (noun) — Pejorative term for female magic user [Magic Terms, Gender Terms]
Shows pejorative development in magical terminology
gal /gal/
man (noun) [Person Terms, Gender Terms]
Shows metaphorical extension of hardness to masculinity
wen'al /wen.ʔal/
woman (noun) [Person Terms, Gender Terms]