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Singapore Bazaar Malay
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'Hear' and 'smell'
Bazaar Maaly uses dengar/lengar to mean 'hear' and bau to mean 'smell'.
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Example 67-226:
OK, saya atas
bau
macam suda bakar.
OK,
okay
saya
1sg
atas
up
bau
smell
macam
like
suda
pfv
bakar.
burn
Okay, from upstairs, I got the smell as if something got burnt.
Source:
Aye 2005
: 461
Example 67-227:
Di sini tinggal punya orang pun bole jauh pergi beli dia
lengar
[...] itu tempat mewah.
Di
in
sini
here
tinggal
live
punya
rel
orang
person
pun
even
bole
can
jauh
far
pergi
go
beli
buy
dia
3sg
lengar
hear
[...]
[...]
itu
dem
tempat
place
mewah.
abundant
Even someone living here may go far to buy [if] he hears [...] the place is abundant.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
Feature:
'Hear' and 'smell'
Source:
Aye 2005
: 461, 339
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