OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

aman

•  the inside; inside; in; during; underneath; below; under(eng).

amas --under the sago palm(eng)

cem --in the house(eng)

ci --in the canoe(eng)

em --the inside of the drum(eng)

mu --deep water, deep in the water,under water(eng)

pok mu --during the feast(eng)

se --in the ground(eng)

wa/wasen --in the forest(eng)

yiwic --in the dark, while it was dark(eng)

yo ow -- kora river with many people living on it(eng)

na yo --in our river/territory(eng)

a yen -- ar init entered his ears, he heard it(eng)

-- atakam“nasty talk”(eng)

-- owthe people inside(eng)