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Early Hick Lexicon — Perception Terms

Entries in the Perception Terms semantic field.

'ilis /ʔi.lis/: knowledge (noun) [Mental Terms, Perception Terms, Action Terms]; Proto-Hick *hi-lisu; Semantic extension from 'sight' to 'knowledge'

hilis /hi.lis/: sight, active vision (noun) [Perception Terms, Action Terms, Basic Terms]; sight, active vision (noun) [Perception Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *hilisu; Forms two contrasting verbs: hilis'er (active looking) vs his'er (passive seeing)

his /his/: sight (animate/conscious perception) (noun, verb) [Perception, Sacred, Abstract Concepts]; to see (passive/unintentional perception) (noun, verb) [Perception Terms, Basic Terms]; Proto-Hick *hi-lisu

hisimris /hi.sim.ris/: show (verb) — Contrasts with hilis'er 'to look' [Perception Terms, Action Terms]; Shows productive use of ellative case for causative meanings

pir /pir/: ear (noun) [Body Parts, Perception Terms]; Proto-Hick *piru

pirlas /pir.las/: hearing (noun) [Body Parts, Perception Terms]

pirlas'er /pir.las.ʔer/: to hear (verb) — Passive perception verb using illative to mark reception of sound. Contrasts with active pir'er 'listen' [Perception Terms, Basic Terms]