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Early Hick Lexicon — Material Terms

Entries in the Material Terms semantic field.

asatogar /a.sa.to.gar/
travertine (noun) [Material Terms, Natural World]
Named for its flowing, vine-like mineral formations
krakiger /krak.i.ger/
flint, chert (noun) [Material Terms, Tool Terms]
Proto-Hick *kraku-garu
kurtin /kur.tin/
bronze (noun) [Metal Terms, Material Terms]
sil /sil/
hide, skin (noun) [Body Parts, Material Terms]
Proto-Hick *silu
thirwud /θir.wud/
white wood (noun) [Plant Terms, Material Terms, Color Terms]
tin /tin/
tin (noun) [Metal Terms, Material Terms]
Proto-Hick *tinu
togar /to.gar/
limestone, mountain rock (noun) [Material Terms, Landforms]
Shows semantic extension from visual similarity between bone and limestone
tormel /tor.mel/
great fat, tallow (noun) [Food Terms, Material Terms]