OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

apawu

Morphological form: ap.awu?

•  when a tesmayipic has died, the "ordinary people" (nes mino) of his group leave the village and go to another village; this is apawu, eg. when the great warleader of Kaye, Amanfakipic; was killed and eaten by Owus, the Kaye group split up and settled in other villages(eng).

yu apawu

•  to mourn for; to leave the village because of someone's death(eng).