OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

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ca yen m-apomkapum ew ete-of

•  I thought he would plug my ears with his semen!(eng).

Note: When a man has sexual intercourse with a spirit, the spirit woman or man will plug his ears with the spirit’s semen, or with his own. The human man then will die