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Early Hick Lexicon — Landscape Terms

Entries in the Landscape Terms semantic field.

'ibrigral /ʔib.ri.gral/
farmlands, cultivated fields (noun) [Agricultural Terms, Landscape Terms]
Shows development from fertilization practice to agricultural land
asamgral /a.sam.gral/
flatlands, plains (noun) [Landscape Terms, Geographic Terms]
Shows metaphorical extension from position to terrain type
dor /dor/
back, behind (noun) [Landscape Terms, Maritime Terms, Body Parts]
Proto-Hick *doru
Basic term for back/behind
tel /tel/
tail, end (noun) [Body Parts, Landscape Terms]
Proto-Hick *telu
thal /θal/
side, flank (noun) [Body Parts, Landscape Terms]
Proto-Hick *thalu