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Etymologies for the rest of K added to the Lexicon of Smell

Today's additions to the Lexicon of Smell (experimental glossary of scent free to the public at wildveil.com):
 
kurattus - (noun) a craving for a scent.
     Etymology
          From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuru ("eye") + Proto-Tariku *kuria ("stomach") + Tabriak kurapia ("come") + Tabriak kuria ("go") + Proto-North Halmahera *kurut ("far," "long") + habitus.
kurattuze - (intransitive and transitive verb) to crave a scent.
     Etymology
          From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuru ("eye") + Proto-Tariku *kuria ("stomach") + Tabriak kurapia ("come") + Tabriak kuria ("go") + Proto-North Halmahera *kurut ("far," "long") + habitus.
 
It’s well known among people who work in the area of olfaction that the English language is a wasteland when it comes to vocabulary for scent. This is especially painful when it is your job to describe perfume and you have to resort to “smells like” and “has the smell of” over and over. The Lexicon of Smell is an experimental glossary that aims to fill this void with new words for olfactory experience. It offers neologisms to go alongside the more descriptive vignettes of The Language of Smell. New entries will be shown in color until the next update, when they will be changed permanently to black. wildveil.com or tap link in bio.
 
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