Entry record from Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay
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• clit. marks vocatives; or emphatic utterances(eng).
enew a!mother!(eng)
yi, Tewer a, ma-yis.par-iWow! Tewer, take a look outside!(eng)
a, no.sin.akap sawnak a!ah, my poor little wife!(eng)
o penes kor a, firkom a-cim-uyit's a huge sow, I shot it!(eng)