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Early Hick Lexicon — Motion Terms

Entries in the Motion Terms semantic field.

'ilisal /ʔi.li.sal/
visit (a place) (noun) [Mental Terms, Action Terms, Motion Terms]
experience personally (noun) [Mental Terms, Action Terms]
confirm via experiment (noun) [Mental Terms, Action Terms]
Shows semantic development from 'knowledge-person' to active experiential learning
'ir /ʔir/
movement, motion (noun) [Motion Terms, Basic Terms]
Proto-Hick *heru
Source of verbalizer suffix -'er through grammaticalization
'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
aiesp /ai.esp/
bathe (noun) — Basic term for immersion in water [Water Terms, Motion Terms, Body Terms]
Shows lexicalization of subessive case into basic verb stem
barak /ba.rak/
walking, gait (noun) [Motion Terms, Movement Terms]
Proto-Hick *baraku
Forms verb barak'er "to walk" with -'er suffix
eter /e.ter/
flow of things; correct ordering, sorting (noun) — Forms verb eter'er "to sort, arrange" [Abstract Terms, Motion Terms]
Shows metaphorical extension of flow to proper arrangement
imasam /i.ma.sam/
to cower, hide from fear (verb) [Motion Terms, Position Terms, Emotional Terms]
Shows metaphorical extension of 'resting under' to fearful hiding
imlis'er /im.li.sʔer/
to flee, run from fear (verb) — Contrasts with trask'er 'run (neutral)' [Motion Terms, Emotional Terms]
Shows natural development from fear to flight response
imlisitar /im.li.si.tar/
to flinch, startle (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Actions, Emotional Terms]
Uses the surface-allative reading of -itar to indicate sudden upward movement
mabarak /ma.ba.rak/
march, collective walking (noun) [Motion Terms, Action Terms, Military Terms]
Collective motion from plural marker
par /par/
crawl (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Terms]
*paru-heru
Shows semantic development from 'belly-motion' to general 'crawl'
sin /sin/
floating (noun) [Motion Terms, Maritime Terms, Action Terms]
Proto-Hick *senu
sinas /si.nas/
drift, passage (noun) [Motion Terms, Maritime Terms, Abstract Concepts]
Proto-Hick *senu-asa-u
Literally 'floating through', shows typical compound reduction
tagimris /tag.im.ris/
give (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Parts]
Shows common pattern of ellative case marking motion from hand. Contrasts with taglas 'take'.
taglas /tag.las/
take, receive (verb) [Motion Terms, Body Parts]
Shows common pattern of illative case marking motion into hand. Contrasts with tagimris 'give'.
ter /ter/
flow, fluid motion (noun) [Basic Terms, Motion Terms]
Proto-Hick *teru
terimris /te.rim.ris/
next (noun) [Time Terms, Motion Terms]
Shows conceptualization of future as flow outward. Contrasts with terlas.
terlas /ter.las/
previous (noun) [Time Terms, Motion Terms]
Shows conceptualization of past as flow inward. Contrasts with terimris.
trask'er /tras.ker/
to run (verb) [Motion Terms, Action Terms]
Shows semantic extension from body part to motion
ven'er /ven.ʔer/
to carry (verb) [Motion Terms, Action Terms]