OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

cimtewsem

•  to touch repeatedly(eng).

a po cimtewsem-a e-mem!you are continually touching the paddle! (implication: don't do that!) <says a mother paddling her canoe to her crocodile-son who is swimming beside her>(eng)