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Early Hick Lexicon — Water Features

Entries in the Water Features semantic field.

airur /ai.rur/
karst, water-carved limestone terrain (noun) — Describes limestone regions shaped by water erosion [Landforms, Water Features, Geographic Terms]
karst, water-carved limestone terrain (noun) — Describes limestone regions shaped by water erosion [Landforms, Water Features, Geographic Terms]
Shows water-landform compound pattern common in geographic terms
bram /bram/
tide, tidal water (noun) [Maritime Terms, Time Terms, Water Features]
Proto-Hick *bramu
Basic term for tidal phenomena
bramal /bra.mal/
tidal pool (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features]
Shows nasal deletion in compounds
bramulis /bra.mu.lis/
vortex, whirlpool (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features]
Literally "tide's eye". Shows coda simplification where final -l of bramul merges with initial l- of lis
imtelmal /im.tel.mal/
ocean, outer sea (noun) — Western Early Hick term contrasting with keth as the known or navigable sea. Poetic usage may take agentive -el when the ocean is treated as an active force. [Water Features, Maritime Terms]
Western Early Hick regional term from a descriptive phrase for an endless pool. The im- element reflects regional privative use, distinct from the standard moral sense of im as evil or abstract negativity.
imurmal /i.mur.mal/
evil pool, cursed waters; swamp (noun) [Water Features, Sacred Terms]
Shows compound formation with negative prefix
kakethmal /ka.keθ.mal/
brine pool (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]
limal /li.mal/
pond (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]
mal /mal/
pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]
pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]
pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]
pool, standing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]
Proto-Hick *malu
miral /mi.ral/
cold pool, spring (noun) [Water Features, Natural World]
palmal /pal.mal/
deep pool (noun) [Natural World, Landforms, Water Features]
ran /ran/
stream, flowing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]
Proto-Hick *ranu
thiral /θi.ral/
warm water, summer pool (noun) [Water Features]
Shows liquid deletion in compound
tomal /to.mal/
lake (noun) [Water Features, Landforms]
toran /to.ran/
river, flowing water (noun) [Natural World, Water Features]
Proto-Hick *ranu