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Early Hick Lexicon — Grammatical Terms

Entries in the Grammatical Terms semantic field.

-en /-en/
that (inanimate, visible, medial) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *ena
-eth /-eθ/
that (medial, inanimate, hidden, sensed) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *etha
-is /-is/
this (inanimate, sensed, proximal) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *isa
-nat /nat/
want to, desire to (desiderative suffix) (suffix) [Grammatical Terms, Verbal Morphology]
Grammaticalized from full verb 'desire' to desiderative suffix
-rum /-rum/
that (animate, distant) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *ruma
-tan /-tan/
that (animate, visible, medial) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *tana
-thir /-θir/
that (medial, animate, sensed) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *thira
-um /-um/
that (inanimate, distant) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *uma
-ʔis /-ʔis/
this (animate, sensed, proximal) (suffix) [Demonstratives, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *ʔisa
'irur /ʔi.rur/
repetition, again (noun) [Grammatical Terms, Motion Terms]
Proto-Hick *heru-heru
From reduplicated form of *heru 'action'. Forms grammaticalized iterative marker -rur/-ur
ewes /e.wes/
together with; together (lexinfo:Adposition) — Functions both as pre-absolutive adverbial marker and independent lexical item [Basic Terms, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *ʔelu-lawes
From instrumental *ʔelu "by means of" + *lawes "consume", showing semantic development from "consuming with" to general accompaniment
mo /mo/
general negation prefix: not, non-, mis- (lexinfo:Prefix) — Standard Early Hick negation prefix, contrasting with regional western im- as a privative prefix. [Negation, Derivational Morphology, Grammatical Terms]
Proto-Hick *muru
General negation prefix grammaticalized from Proto-Hick *muru 'darkness, absence'.