OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay

Original citation: Voorhoeve, C.L. nd. An Asmat - English Dictionary: Flamingo Bay dialect. Unpublished manuscript.

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apanapan

1. ‘many-pronged arrow used to kill small fish and birds’

2. ‘young sago palm the fronds of which still point upwards like the prongs of a pronged arrow.’

apanapan

‘sit down and eat, have something to eat’