OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Roesler (2011): Central Asmat

anakat ipic

•  man's spirit; person (as contrased to his damwip.

Aanakat ipic emeffisesma.His spirit left him.

anakat cowocspirit of a woman

Encyclopedic info: Said to leave body at death. Goes to the place of the the devil (old concept)...goes to heaven (new concept)

Reference: 4.243; 7.146; 9.1618