OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

emap

•  to sit (down); to stay; to live somewhere to begin to go down (sun).

aper --to have intercourse in sitting position

cem emap-ey!stay home!

tow ma-emap-eraw!he should stay alive

amemap

•  to sit down together with others; also to sit down.

emapawer

•  stay for a long time.