OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

ariw

•  away; gone; disappeared(eng).

mu --"disappeared into the water" = already dead, died-out(eng)

piri --gone south(eng)

yo mare mu ariwthe sun has already gone down (under the sea in the west)(eng)

mak op wut ariw-a!(his) back has already grown tall!(eng)

yuwur nat ariw nim pakdogs Foc. at-him like not = he didn’t like dogs(eng)

ay --, ay --gone to this side, gone to that side(eng)