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!?