User:Gleki/Jahai smell words

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  • ltpɨt: the smell of certain flowers and ripe fruits. is used to describe the smell of various flowers and ripe fruit, including intense smell of durian, perfume, soap, Aquillaria wood, and bearcat (Arctictis binturong, which, according to Wikipedia, smells like popcorn). ‘to be fragrant’ e.g., various flowers, perfumes, bearcat
  • Cŋεs pronounced "cheng-us,": another smell word, is used for the smell of petrol, smoke, bat droppings and bat caves, some species of millipede, root of wild ginger, leaf of gingerwort, wood of wild mango, among other odor sources.
  • crŋir ‘to smell roasted’ e.g., roasted food
  • harɨm ‘to be fragrant’ e.g., various species of flowers, perfumes, soap (Malay loan; original Malay meaning ‘fragrant’)
  • haʔe~t ‘to stink’ e.g., feces, rotten meat, prawn paste
  • pʔus (pronounced ‘pa-oos’) ‘to be musty’ e.g., old dwellings, mushrooms, stale food, deadwood
  • Cŋэs ‘to smell edible, tasty’ e.g., cooked food, sweets
  • sʔı~N ‘to have a smell of human urine’ e.g., human urine, village ground
  • ha›cı~N ‘to have a urine-like smell’ e.g., urine (Malay loan; original Malay meaning ‘foul odor, stench’)
  • pʔih ‘to have a blood/fish/meat-like smell’ e.g., blood, raw fish, raw meat
  • plʔeŋ ‘to have a blood/fish/meat-like smell’ e.g., blood, raw fish, raw meat
  • plʔεŋ ‘to have a bloody smell which attracts tigers’ e.g., crushed head lice, squirrel blood