OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

cayimir

•  to kill(eng).ambil jiwa-jiwa(ind).

Mis cayimirawer-aBis is always hunting for spirits [The spirit Bis who lives on the Yindiw river came out of the Bis pole of ukum wood made by the Kaye people. Yoperak says sometimes this Bis can be seen in the Yindiw in the shape of a sorwot](eng)