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).