OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Roesler (2011): Central Asmat

ban bakap

Variants: ban bokop

•  id. hold one's own hands or arms behind back (as Asmat custom is).

Ban bakap emememmor.He stood holding his hands behind his back.

Reference: 6.91; 7.1184