OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003a): Meriam

Page number: 159

lamar

•  n. a ghost.

lela warman's spirit

Note: [? abbreviation of lela war, man's spirit]

lamar ebur

•  n. the ghost of a recently deceased person appearing in the form of an appropriate animal, often as a death omen.

lamar-marik

•  n. a skull by which to divine.

lamar­ emarikghost sends