Entry record from Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay
aktam
Morphological form: ak.tam
• to chop off for someone; to hew out for someone; to help s.o. to hew.
ci --to make a canoe for s.o.
pe --to catch crabs for someone
mow --to fetch bark fibres for someone
mino p-ak.tam-uy!Help him to hew out the central part (of the canoe-to-be)
akkurum
• completive form of ak-.
aktotor
• to chop; strip off individually; everyone for himself (not as part of a group).