plʔɛŋ

Jehai

Verb

plʔɛŋ

1. 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)