OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

apak

•  raw white kernel of a ball of roasted sago; budding leaf which is still light coloured(eng).

amuw --white core of the stems of the amuw reeds(eng)

amuw -- nimlight coloured like the core of the amuw (sometimes said of a newborn baby)(eng)

espet –young leaf of a young shoot of a sago palm (espet). The plyable midrib of such a leaf is used to tie the headpiece of the sago scraper to the handle(eng)

wase --red skinned(eng)