Entry record from Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay
at, ta, t
• gen.v.+ adjunct nominal.
acin at
• to stick to; be attached to; to be full (sago washing trough).
acuw at
• to forbid.
amas at
• pound sago.
apo at
• to feel sorry for.
aw at
• to get breasts.
cemew at
• to abuse.
ya at
• to move.
masim at
• to watch carefully.
masom at
• to visit.
mese at
• to pick the scales from one's skin (person with tinea/cascado).
mu at
• throw water up into the air.
owen at
• to fight.
per at
• to have as a (co)wife.
pokmu at
• have a feast.
pu at
• come near.
purumuc at, seypa at
• to work with a bush knife.
seypiri at
• to work with a chisel.
sen at
• to notch.
sokor at
• be weakened (e.g. trunk of sago palm of which the pith has been eaten by grubs).
uwku at
• to braid/plait hair with a bone crochet needle.
uwku m-at-nakap
• a bit of hair-braiding.