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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