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Search: ŋousi:. 5 total hits in 1 transcripts.
The oriole grandson (5)
ute ŋousi:, omölo-i ŋousi:-ni xu:-me-ni, omölo-mui bi:-ni.
that smell.PRES.PTC grandson-REFL smell-3SG smell-ACC-3SG grandson-V.PRES.PTC be-3SG
тот smell.PRES.ПРИЧ grandson-РЕФЛ smell-3ЕД smell-АКК-3ЕД grandson-ГЛ.PRES.ПРИЧ быть-3ЕД
She smelt them, looking for the bird that smelt of her grandson.
Нюхает и ищет по запаху внука, какая птица внуком пахнет.
The recognition of a person by smell occurs in other tales (cf. Nikolaeva et al. (2002, text 13 and 10).