OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1893b): Maˈya Kaplol

arsam

arsam pap

•  fish scoop; fish hand net(eng).vischscheppertje(nld).

Etymology: from Biak, since only the Papuans, belonging to the Nine Negorijs, make such scoops