OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

apim

•  scraped-out pith; sago pulp; the part of the sago-washing trough in which the pulp is squeezed out(eng).

apim.nakapa bit of pulp, some pulp(eng)

ci amas apim nima canoe full of sago pulp (said when after a good catch the canoe is full of fish)(eng)