OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

aktam

Morphological form: ak.tam

•  to chop off for someone; to hew out for someone; to help s.o. to hew(eng).

ci --to make a canoe for s.o.(eng)

pe --to catch crabs for someone(eng)

mow --to fetch bark fibres for someone(eng)

mino p-ak.tam-uy!Help him to hew out the central part (of the canoe-to-be)(eng)

akkurum

•  completive form of ak-(eng).

aktotor

•  to chop; strip off individually; everyone for himself (not as part of a group)(eng).