Early Hick Lexicon — Negation

Entries in the Negation semantic field.

im /im/

evil, abstract negativity (noun) — Used for abstract concepts of evil/negativity [Sacred, Negation, Abstract Concepts]

Proto-Hick *ʔimru

im /im/

privative prefix: without, lacking, deprived of (lexinfo:Prefix) — Western Seneran variant used mainly in fossilized compounds and regional landscape terms. It contrasts with standard mo- as the general negation prefix. [Negation, Derivational Morphology, Regional Terms]

Predominantly western Seneran privative prefix developed from im 'evil, abstract negativity' through semantic bleaching from harmful or defective to lacking or without.

imur /i.mur/

evil, negative force (noun) [Sacred, Negation]

Proto-Hick *imuru

mo /mo/

general negation prefix: not, non-, mis- (lexinfo:Prefix) — Standard Early Hick negation prefix, contrasting with regional western im- as a privative prefix. [Negation, Derivational Morphology, Grammatical Terms]

Proto-Hick *muru

General negation prefix grammaticalized from Proto-Hick *muru 'darkness, absence'.