OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  dance.

ni ma-nito dance: the basic movement is a rythmic in­ward/outward movement of the knees; the feet are stationary, the arms hang limply down the sides; the movement of the legs follows the drum-beat. Several ways of dancing are distinguished

a --the basic movement

yiwi --the upper part of the body bent slightly backwards and to one side, the head looking back

cepes --the way women dance, with the arms not hanging down but bent, the hands in front of the stomach

asinte­rok --slightly bent forward, rocking the hips

fa --bent forward, swaying the buttocks - this dance is performed by women when a person is seriously ill or dying-

kap pem --dancing with one arm lifted up as if one has a sore in the armpit

ter kapom --moving the legs for short periods only with intermittent periods of rest

yap apcom --dancing like a pregnant woman, pressing the hands against the abdomen

yapu --dancing in kneeling position, as if crippled

yiwi --k.o. dance

may noso --dancing with one leg stretched out as is having a sore foot

apater --moving only one leg, standing on the other

sisaw --dancing while bending the upper part of the body to the left and right, the arms held up

•  to dangle one's feet; to be idle; lazing about.