OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

amese

Morphological form: ames.e

•  to do/be/say (by an agent who is lying down or belongs to the positional category lying down(eng).

mayi mayi --to lie burning(eng)

mi kanka --to lie down snoring(eng)

mirmirmir --to become bigger and bigger(eng)

no or atow m-amese yipic m-emamis pow!I am not your playmate! (says a snake)(eng)

may amse-mar arawthe tracks were there(eng)