pʔus

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Jehai

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Etymology

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Compare Khmu pʔúus (to smell bad). Burenhult says this and other "similarities point to a remarkable stability in odor representation in the Austroasiatic language family".

Verb

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pʔus

  1. to be musty, to have a musty or moldy smell (like rotting vegetation, old homes, stale food, unwashed clothes or people, some mushrooms, and the feathers of some birds)

Coordinate terms

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  • plʔɛŋ (have a blood-like smell that attracts tigers), see that entry for more

References

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  • Niclas Burenhult, Asifa Majid, Olfaction in Aslian Ideology and Language, Senses & Society, volume 6, issue 1 (2011)