OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

asan

•  lowest part of a body; base; (of a tree) the root system; (of a young sago palm) the base of the stem just above the ground; (of a human being) the rectum; (of a pig) the area around the arse(eng).

wu --edible part of a new, not yet opened palmleaf(eng)