OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  an animal that lives in the water or in the sea.

•  to hunt meat by taking a hook and throwing it in the sea; the fish swallows it and it is stuck in its throat.

•  to throw down on many fish and then pull them all out.

Literally: afi 'fish'; lia'n 'to throw' (?)

•  take a fish and put it into an xxx of the aalasa tree; then put it on top of the hot part of the fire until it's cooked; then eat it.

Literally: afi 'fish'; basun 'sheath'

•  to clear the branches off a stick (?) and skewer a fish on it; then put (?) it on the hot fire.

Literally: afi 'fish'; isa 'to bake'

•  a fish which is (unexpectedly?) big is called this.

Literally: afi 'fish'; pere 'big (SG)

•  small fish are called this.

Literally: afi 'fish'; mata 'child'; -r (PL)

•  for instance if fish has been caught; we come and xxx and put it in the sun for it to dry.

Literally: afi 'fish'; ki (CONTR); aran 'dry'