Early Hick Lexicon — Position Terms

Entries in the Position Terms semantic field.

'irek /ʔi.rek/

stand, firmness (noun) [Basic Terms, Position Terms, Action Terms]

Proto-Hick *hi-reku

Shows archaic animacy marking through glottal prefix

asamasam /a.sa.ma.sam/

to lie down (verb) [Position Terms, Stance Actions]

From asam "rest" with sublative case -asam, literally "rest downward". Shows parallel formation to asamitar "sit"

asamitar /a.sa.mi.tar/

to sit, rest upon (verb) [Position Terms, Stance Actions, Basic Terms]

From asam "rest, resting place" with superessive case, literally "rest upon". Shows common pattern of case suffixes becoming lexicalized into verbs

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

kabran /ka.bran/

crooked, leaning (adjective) — Forms common expression kabran 'irek'er 'to lean' (lit. 'stand crookedly') [Position Terms, Basic Terms]

From metaphorical extension of branch growth patterns