OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay

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•  gv. the action usually implies a motion along a curved surface; or a curving motion: to chop or strip off along a curved surface; to shave; to scoop up(eng).

anuk --to cut the growth off a tree > anuk;(eng)

ci --to hew out a canoe(eng)

pe --to catch crabs in the mud(eng)

se --to dig, scoop up mud(eng)

sis --to bite(eng)

wakan --to shave(eng)

fakan --to utter a cry(eng)

mow --to peel off(eng)

camuw ci --to go on foot instead of by canoe(eng)

yisin --to pick coconuts(eng)