Datapoint Bislama/'Hear' and 'smell'

Harem meaning ‘smell’ was attested in 1907, but is not commonly used with this sense now. Harem is both ‘hear’ and ‘feel’.

Values

Differentiation

Example 23-176:
mi smelem mit i sting
mi
1sg
smelem
smell
mit
meat
i
agr
sting
stink
I can smell the meat has gone off.
Example 23-177:
mifala i harem bigfala noes yestedei long neat
mifala
1pl.excl
i
agr
harem
hear
bigfala
big
noes
noise
yestedei
yesterday
long
loc
neat
night
We heard a really loud noise yesterday night.
Confidence:
Very certain