OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Roesler (2011): Central Asmat

dam poman

•  n. spirit of person.

Dam poman apayemef.His spirit (same as |fv{juwus) appeared. (Spirit of a person seen by another person.)

Encyclopedic info: According to some,}dam poman , damup , and anakat ipic|fv{ all mean person's spirit when descibing it as leaving at death.

Reference: 8.818