OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

anis

•  similar, but not quite alike; not what it seems to be; just the opposite(eng).

moc ma-moc --sounding like crying (but it is not)(eng)

yiwinakap --, awut inim!it is not small, but big!(eng)

na munma --we aren't orphans yet!(eng)

mu ma-mu --it's just like taking a bath!(eng)

amup --not warm but cold(eng)

a, ow nak -- a!ah, he is not a real man!(eng)

ow yo anis a!it’s not a river with people, isn’t it!(eng)

pacak --"just something" (said if one does not know the name of sth.)(eng)

a ucim pok am? - a, pacak anis!what's this? - oh, just something(eng)

sep anis a!?