OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

amasam

Morphological form: am.as.am

•  v. to cut/chop away; chop a lot(eng).

ci makmak op amasamor inhe chopped and chopped until the canoe was chock-a-block with it (fire­wood)(eng)