to emit smell
→
to fear, be afraid
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khoekhoe | |
| Lexeme | ǀhoaham [ǀhőáhàm̏] | |
| Meaning 1 | to have body odor | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | be terrified (vulg.) | |
| Reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 203 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | veṭi | |
| Meaning 1 | (good or bad) smell | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fear | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 3772 | |
| Comment | The meanings are possibly connected through the middle part: 1. Explosion, as of a gun; Noise; Thunder, etc/ |
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