OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  a pinch (of something); to pinch.

Note: Tse piis 'pinch and twist'; Ttb piʔis 'very little, a pinch; take a pinch with fingers'; Tsw pis 'a pinch (of something); pinch, nip' [PPh *piRis 'press, squeeze'; San pihisəʔ 'pinch and twist with the full hand'].

Note: see footnote 130