OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

anakat

Morphological form: an.akat?

(1) n. contents; flesh (of fruit)(eng).

usawic --the edible contents of the banana(eng)

-- apcomwith edible contents (fruit)(eng)

pe --body of a crab(eng)

of --trunk of a corpse(eng)

(2) adj. true; real; really(eng).

no niwi --my true father(eng)

akmat --really old(eng)

fum --clear as cristal (water)(eng)

anakat puright in the centre/bull’s eye(eng)