OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

tem

Morphological form: t.em

aw tem

•  to grow breasts (girl)(eng).

mis --to grow pubic hair etc. (boy)(eng)

manmak --to have a swollen eye(eng)

kawenak --to be a human being(eng)

yicip ci -- / now es --to take someone along on an a headhunting raid(eng)

Unir yo acin a-tem-er inhe stood guard over the Unir river(eng)

nam no cin temI am the last one, the one most upriver, I reign over(eng)

tem aw man!(?)(eng)