Early Hick Lexicon — Maritime Terms
Entries in the Maritime Terms semantic field.
- aitarulbres /ai.ta.rul.bres/
- west wind (noun) — Primary term in coastal regions, associated with rainfall patterns [Weather Terms, Directional Terms, Maritime Terms]
- bel /bel/
- mouth, opening (noun) [Body Parts, Maritime Terms, Architecture]
- Proto-Hick *belu
- Basic term for mouth/opening
- bram /bram/
- tide, tidal water (noun) [Maritime Terms, Time Terms, Water Features]
- Proto-Hick *bramu
- Basic term for tidal phenomena
- bramal /bra.mal/
- tidal pool (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features]
- Shows nasal deletion in compounds
- brammater /bram.ma.ter/
- river-vessel (noun) [Maritime Terms, Vehicle Terms]
- Shows compound formation pattern for vessel types
- bramulis /bra.mu.lis/
- vortex, whirlpool (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features]
- Literally "tide's eye". Shows coda simplification where final -l of bramul merges with initial l- of lis
- dor /dor/
- back, behind (noun) [Landscape Terms, Maritime Terms, Body Parts]
- Proto-Hick *doru
- Basic term for back/behind
- imtelmal /im.tel.mal/
- ocean, outer sea (noun) — Western Early Hick term contrasting with keth as the known or navigable sea. Poetic usage may take agentive -el when the ocean is treated as an active force. [Water Features, Maritime Terms]
- Western Early Hick regional term from a descriptive phrase for an endless pool. The im- element reflects regional privative use, distinct from the standard moral sense of im as evil or abstract negativity.
- kaketh /ka.keθ/
- salty (adjective) — Literally 'sea-like', shows maritime influence on taste terminology [Taste Terms, Maritime Terms]
- kethul /ke.θul/
- east (noun) — Derived from term for east wind [Directional Terms, Maritime Terms]
- Shows maritime influence on eastern regions
- kethulbres /ke.θul.bres/
- east wind (noun) — Common in eastern coastal regions [Weather Terms, Directional Terms, Maritime Terms]
- materok /ma.te.rok/
- vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]
- vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]
- vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]
- vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]
- vessel-guide, boatman (noun) [Maritime Terms, Occupations]
- rantirdu /ran.tir.du/
- piracy, maritime raiding (noun) [Maritime Terms, Criminal Terms]
- Reanalyzed from rantirduok without agentive -ok
- rantirduok /ran.tir.du.ok/
- pirate, maritime raider (noun) [Maritime Terms, Professional Terms]
- Originally 'river raider', extended to all maritime thieves. Shows compound reduction of imtirduok.