OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

yamam

•  side; side of the body; area; part of the country.

a yamam(on) this side

a na yamam(on) our side/territory

e ca yamam(on) your side / territory

poman yamamthat part on the other side of the river

Samsimit yamamthe side/area of the Samsimit river

Na yo yamam enaw.ap.es-mom, ema ucim yo aram ew?We have come here to our part of the country, but at which river?

nese --our side of the river