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Early Hick Lexicon — Plant Terms

Entries in the Plant Terms semantic field.

asa /a.sa/
vine (noun) [Plant Terms]
Proto-Hick *hasa
Shows regular loss of initial h-
gransed /gran.sed/
grain (noun) [Plant Terms, Place Terms]
gras /gras/
grass (noun) [Plant Terms]
grass (noun) [Plant Terms, Natural World, Pastoral Terms, Basic Terms]
Proto-Hick *grasu
grased /gra.sed/
grain (noun) [Plant Terms, Food Terms]
Shows typical compound formation for cultivated plants
grasgral /gras.gral/
meadow, grassland (noun) [Plant Terms, Pastoral Terms, Landforms]
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
kur /kur/
moss (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms]
copper (noun) [Metals, Material Culture]
Proto-Hick *kuru
malris /mal.ris/
water reed (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms, Cultivated Plants]
marwud /mar.wud/
red wood (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms, Timber Terms, Cultivated Plants]
ranris /ran.ris/
river reed (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms, Cultivated Plants]
ris /ris/
reed (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms]
sed /sed/
seed (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms]
sedgral /sed.gral/
field (noun) [Plant Terms, Agricultural Terms]
sedter /sed.ter/
planting time (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms, Rituals, Seasonal Terms, Agricultural Terms]
thirwud /θir.wud/
white wood (noun) [Plant Terms, Material Terms, Color Terms]
wen /wen/
flower (noun) [Flora, Plant Terms]
wud /wud/
wood, tree (noun) [Flora, Timber Terms, Plant Terms]