OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

ap, pa

•  to work loose; to split off(eng).

mow --to split fibres off the pandanus tree(eng)

tow --collect sago grubs (by breaking up the sago pith with digging sticks and catching the larvae in it)(eng)

Note: note that this vr takes "transitive" endings: -uc, -or etc.: m-apuc! , a-or-ap-or, in conrast to ap2 ap-i! , ap-er