Entry record from Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay
cowkan
• together with; parallel to; close together(eng).
ci -- somotthe people who came together in one (ancestral) canoe(eng)
yo --(living) together on one and the same river(eng)
orepuc cin cowkan-a!stay with your elder brother!(eng)
onow ara cowkan-akapthe thatch should be (put down) close together(eng)
yo-nakap mokot cowkan kawise-r inthe creek ran parallel to the sago garden(eng)
Kaye am aram Yepem cin yo cowkanKaye and Yepem lived together on the same river(eng)