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Example 61-119
izwa
izwa
to.hear
to hear, to perceive a smell
Comment:
'To perceive a smell' is paraphrased by
izwa
'to hear'. 'To smell' (intransitive) uses the Zulu verb
nuka
.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
'Hear' and 'smell': Identity
Syllable codas: Only simple codas
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