OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Visser (2020): Kalamang

kowaram[koˈwaram]

•  Verb. to clamp; to pinch.menjepit.

Nina Ruslan taraun sor sairta ma dinat kowaram up.Grandmother Ruslan's grandmother bakes fish, she clamps (embers) to kindle the fire., Nenek Ruslan pu nenek dia bakar ikan dia jepitan api.

Semantic domain: arrange, hold, transfer