OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Roesler (2011): Central Asmat

bwitam

•  v. pay goods.

Pok awut e dat epcom ow abwitamcemes.They pay a lot of goods to spirit controlled people.

Encyclopedic info: as for brideprice or penalty for murder or for medicine

Reference: 1.675; 4.1392; 8.1483