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Early Hick Lexicon — Natural World

Entries in the Natural World semantic field.

ai /ai/: water (noun, noun) — See Maritime Terms, Water Features [Natural World, Elements]; water (noun, noun) — See Maritime Terms, Water Features [Natural World]; water (noun, noun) — See Maritime Terms, Water Features [Natural World]; water (noun, noun) — See Maritime Terms, Water Features [Natural World]; Proto-Hick *ahi

aitar /ai.tar/: rain (noun) [Natural World, Precipitation]; Lexicalized superessive compound, understood as water above or water coming upon one from above

al /al/: natural rock (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; natural rock (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; natural rock (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; natural rock (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; Proto-Hick *xalu

asatogar /a.sa.to.gar/: travertine (noun) [Material Terms, Natural World]; Named for its flowing, vine-like mineral formations

bramis /bra.mis/: sea mist, coastal fog (noun) [Natural World, Precipitation, Maritime Terms]

dortor /dor.tor/: back slope (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]

gar /gar/: stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; stone (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; Proto-Hick *garu

gral /gral/: earth, soil (noun) [Natural World, Elements]; earth, soil (noun) [Natural World]; earth, soil (noun) [Natural World]; earth, soil (noun) [Natural World]; Proto-Hick *gralu

gras /gras/: grass (noun) [Plant Terms]; grass (noun) [Plant Terms, Natural World, Pastoral Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *grasu

kakethmal /ka.keθ.mal/: brine pool (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]

kel /kel/: sky (noun) — Often used in compounds referring to celestial phenomena [Celestial Terms, Natural World]; blue (noun) — Derived from association with sky color [Colors]; leaf (noun) — Productive in botanical compounds [Flora, Plant Terms]; Proto-Hick *kelu; Shows semantic extension from 'leaf' to 'sky', possibly through metaphor of canopy

kirtor /kir.tor/: cliff face (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; cliff face (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]

limal /li.mal/: pond (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]

mal /mal/: pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; Proto-Hick *malu

melter /mel.ter/: honey (noun) [Food Terms, Natural World]

miraitar /mi.rai.tar/: cold rain (noun) [Natural World, Precipitation]

miral /mi.ral/: cold pool, spring (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]

mur /mur/: night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Natural World, Temporal States]; night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Sacred Terms]; night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Sacred Terms]; night, darkness (noun) [Time Terms, Sacred Terms]; Proto-Hick *muru

nagral /na.gral/: black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; black earth (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]

palmal /pal.mal/: deep pool (noun) [Natural World, Landforms, Water Features]

ran /ran/: stream, flowing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; Proto-Hick *ranu

thalgral /θal.gral/: hillside (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]

thrantor /θran.tor/: mountain range (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; Common noun behind later regional place names and reductions such as Ranterg.

tor /tor/: height, peak (noun) — See Augmentative Prefix [Natural World, Landforms]; Proto-Hick *toru

toran /to.ran/: river, flowing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]; Proto-Hick *ranu

val /val/: valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; valley, water-cut lowland (noun) [Natural World, Landforms]; Proto-Hick *valu