OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero

Page number: 12

alasi'li,

•  to tie e.g. a horse or a bird up so that it is hidden; when we look for it we cannot see it.

Literally: ala 'far away'; si'li 'to bind, to tie' (bound form)