Early Hick Lexicon — Interrogatives
Entries in the Interrogatives semantic field.
- 'aka /ʔa.ka/
- what (interrogative) [Interrogatives]
- Proto-Hick *haka
- Basic question root with archaic animacy marking
- 'aker /ʔa.ker/
- how (visible/known manner) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Manner]
- Proto-Hick *haka-er-is
- 'akereth /ʔa.ke.reθ/
- how (sensed manner) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Medial, Manner]
- Proto-Hick *haka-er-eth
- 'akerum /ʔa.ke.rum/
- how (unknown manner) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Manner]
- Proto-Hick *haka-er-um
- 'aleth /ʔa.leθ/
- who (sensed but not seen) (pronoun) — Used for referents that are heard or sensed but not visually perceived [Interrogatives, Medial Forms]
- 'aka-'al-eth
- Used for heard/sensed but not seen referents
- 'alis /ʔa.lis/
- who (visible/known person) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Personal]
- Proto-Hick *haka-lis
- 'alum /ʔa.lum/
- who (unknown person) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Personal]
- Proto-Hick *haka-al-um
- 'atal /ʔa.tal/
- where (what-place-PROX.INAN) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Spatial]
- Proto-Hick *haka-tal-is
- 'ater /ʔa.ter/
- when (visible/known time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Proximal, Temporal]
- Proto-Hick *haka-ter-is
- 'aterbran /ʔa.ter.bran/
- before (lexinfo:SubordinatingConjunction) — Temporal metaphor using interrogative 'when' + 'dawn' [Time Terms, Interrogatives]
- 'atereth /ʔa.te.reθ/
- when (sensed time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Medial, Temporal]
- Proto-Hick *haka-ter-eth
- 'aterum /ʔa.te.rum/
- when (unknown time) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Temporal]
- Proto-Hick *haka-ter-um
- 'ateth /ʔa.teθ/
- where (sensed location) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Medial, Spatial]
- Proto-Hick *haka-tal-eth
- 'atum /ʔa.tum/
- where (unknown location) (interrogative) [Interrogatives, Distal, Spatial]
- Proto-Hick *haka-tal-um