OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Visser (2020): Kalamang

Mas[mas]

•  Noun. name of place on biggest Karas island. It is the beach on which the southern village of Karas island was previously located. That village is called Mas by the Indonesian administration, but it is now located at the beach called Sewa. Therefore, Kalamang speakers call the southern village Sewa when speaking Kalamang..Mas.

Mas me osun iriskapte.Mas has a white beach., Mas itu pu pasir putih.

Semantic domain: placenames