OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

se

(1) clay; mud.

may semuddy feet

(2) ebb; low tide, when the muddy banks of the rivers and the offshore mud flats are exposed.

yiwi se, muwu severy low tide in the morning

tam/yok/porow/erem seebb in the morning/at noon/inthe after­noon/at night

amer senot-so-low tide, when only a narrow strip of mud falls dry on the river banks. During this time there always are a lot of snakes about

senakapiriw

•  a very small quantity of mud.