Middle Hick Lexicon — Water Features

Entries in the Water Features semantic field.

hafel /ha.fel/

ocean (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features, Borrowings]

Old Iutlandish *haf

Ocean term borrowed during maritime contact; final consonant repaired with -el.

hvalbek /hval.bek/

whale stream (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Water Features]

Iutlandish *hval-bekk

Northeastern place-name element meaning whale stream.

imal /i.mal/

ocean, outer sea (noun) [Water Features, Maritime Terms]

Contracted Middle Hick form of western Early Hick imtelmal 'without-end-pool'. Folk etymology increasingly associated the form with im 'evil, abstract negativity'.

imalel /i.ma.lel/

ocean as active force; storm surge, tidal surge (noun) [Water Features, Weather Terms, Maritime Terms]

Poetic agentive form used when the ocean is described as an acting or destructive force.

imales /i.ma.les/

the ocean, ocean as expanse (noun) [Water Features, Maritime Terms]

Poetic or fossilizing absolutive/theme form used for the ocean as an expanse or named place.