OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Hughes (1995): Dobel

sama-m

•  father's brother.

Note: One's father's brother is considered also to be one's father; if a distinction is made between one's father and one's father's brothers, it is made by qualifying sama- with mona-n 'elder' or mun-ri 'younger'.