OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Roesler (2011): Central Asmat

bakàn

•  leave behind (of person, thing, area); divorce (withjiapo)(eng).

Bakan aeef.He left (it) behind.(eng)

Encyclopedic info: can be divorce by either spouse

Reference: 1.582; 2.1099; 4.194; 4.537; 4.6; 6.834; 7.1380