OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Visser (2023): Yamdena

bowase

•  fast or diet, as practiced by youngsters to stay slim.vasten of dieet, zoals dat door de jongelui soms gemeenschappelijk gehouden werd, ter bevordering van de slankheid.

nose bowaseto fast (to stay slim)

Source: Drabbe 1932