to perfume → to get accustomed 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Khoekhoe
lexeme ǁamaǁama
meaning 1 to perfume, to scent (somebody)
direction →
meaning 2 to accustom

= to accustom  - especially about animals, for example dogs [by feeding sweat from armpit to dog with a piece of meat]

From the stem ǁama- 'odor, scent, smell'.
reference Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 231
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