breathing smell (n.) 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme 1 pneuma
Lexeme 2 πνεῦμα
Meaning 1 act of breathing, sb’s breath
Direction
Meaning 2 smell, scent
Reference François 2008: 195
Comment LSJ: 'blast, wind, breathed air, breath; breathing, respiration; flatulence; breath of life, living being; that which is breathed forth or exhaled, odour; breathing with which a vowel is pronounced; the spirit of God; spirit of man; Rhet., sentence declaimed in one breath'
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Breton
Lexeme c’hwez
Meaning 1 breath
Direction
Meaning 2 smell
Reference Sweetser 1990: 36
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme spiritus
Meaning 1 breath
Direction
Meaning 2 smell
Reference François 2008: 187
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme qì (气 or 氣)
Meaning 1 breath
Direction
Meaning 2 smell, scent
Reference François 2008
Comment BKRS: gas, gaseous substance; air, atmosphere; air blow, weather conditions, climate; fog, cloudy haze; season, season; smell; taste; breath; spirit, mood; spiritual strength, disposition; temperament; character, mental state; strength, power; energy, vitality, vitality of the body; appearance, appearance, appearance; anger; rage, anger; qi (a substance in Chinese natural philosophy)
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Mwotlap
Lexeme nō-mōkhe
Meaning 1 breath
Direction
Meaning 2 smell
Reference François 2008: 187
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Nahuatl
Lexeme imi’iyo ~ i’iyac
Meaning 1 breath
Direction
Meaning 2 smell, esp. bodily smell
Reference François 2008: 197
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 дышать
Lexeme 2 дух
Meaning 1 breathing
Direction
Meaning 2 smell
Reference BAS: 3, 1174, 1205
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Vietnamese
Lexeme hơi
Meaning 1 breathing
Direction
Meaning 2 smell
Reference SEAlang Vietnamese
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