Skip to content

Early Hick Lexicon — Stance Actions

Entries in the Stance Actions semantic field.

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