Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/'Hear' and 'smell'
Hiɛ can also mean 'understand':
ɔnlɛs ì tɔk fɔ ausa bifɔ à gò fit hiɛ
unless 3SG talk PREP Hausa before 1SG FUT ABI hear
'It is only when he speaks Hausa that I will understand'
(fieldwork Huber).
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Overlap
- Example 16-54:
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à hiɛ dɛ fud in tesà1sghiɛheardɛartfudfoodin3sg.posstestasteI smelled the food. OR: I smell the food (lit. I heard the food's taste).
Source: Huber 1999: 211
- Example 16-166:
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wì hiɛ se junaitɛd neʃɛn dè volɔntiɛ sɔm mɔniwì1plhiɛhearsecompjunaitɛdUnitedneʃɛnNationdè3plvolɔntiɛvolunteersɔmsomemɔnimoneyWe hear that the U.N. provided some money.
Source: Huber 1999: 176
- Example 16-167:
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dɛ we dè smɛl ì bì laik sɔm ʃit ɔ sɔm tɔitɛldɛartwewaydè3plsmɛlsmellì3sgbìcoplaiklikesɔmsomeʃitshitɔorsɔmsometɔitɛltoiletThey smelt of shit or toilet.
- Confidence:
- Very certain