OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

ci

•  the broad base of the midrib of a sago palm frond (when a frond dies it breaks off just above the ci. The base remains attached to the stem of the palm and has to be chopped away)(eng).

-- papiwith broad frond-bases(eng)