OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

mimi

(1) small roots of plants.

yisin --roots of the coconut tree; antennae/feelers on the heads of ufit and awor fishes

(2) filter consisting of a plug of scraped-out sago pith; which is put at the entrance of the sump trough (po).

Asewec mimi tar ewem-ic (tar < tari ?)he is rooted on the Asewec (lived his whole life there)