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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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/ |