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Verb
plʔɛŋ
- to have a blood-like smell that attracts tigers and leopards (like crushed head lice; the blood of most rodents and civets, gibbons, and some other animals; cooked wild lemongrass; and stagnant water)
Coordinate terms
- plʔeŋ (“to have the smell of blood or (raw) fish/meat”)
- pʔih (“to have the offensive smell of blood or (raw) fish/meat”)
- pʔus (“to have a musty smell like rotting vegetation or old homes”)
References
- Niclas Burenhult, Asifa Majid, Olfaction in Aslian Ideology and Language, Senses & Society, volume 6, issue 1 (2011)