OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

cimin

•  imitation; imitating; pretending; as if(eng).

cimin a!imitate it! play the clown!(eng)

ci --imitation canoe(eng)

muruf --imitation bottle(eng)

yo --behaving like a goura pigeon(eng)

mo-por pak ciminpretending not to look at(eng)

a cimin cowakjust as before(eng)

ucim/ucip ciminwith what in mind, with what intention, for what purpose(eng)

opak cimin nimas if nothing had happened; cimin m-e zich voorstellen kunnen dat(eng)

per osom – m-e nim; nam ma-yar pak --