plʔɛŋ

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Jehai[edit]

Verb[edit]

plʔɛŋ

  1. to have a blood-like smell that attracts tigers and leopards (like crushed head lice; the blood of most rodents and civets, gibbons, and some other animals; cooked wild lemongrass; and stagnant water)

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • plʔeŋ (“to have the smell of blood or (raw) fish/meat”)
  • pʔih (“to have the offensive smell of blood or (raw) fish/meat”)
  • pʔus (“to have a musty smell like rotting vegetation or old homes”)

References[edit]

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