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 Unpublished manuscript.

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Total entries: 7
Headword IPA Glosses
Asas

‘river name’

asas

‘ace (in a pack of cards)’

asas

‘call, used to urge on dogs at a pig hunt’

asas

‘close friend, partner in the ceremonial exchange of wives, papis wife’

asas

‘faeces, shit, fart’

asas

‘rust, pith of the sago palm, soft substance between the fibres of palm wood, soft inner part of stalk or stem’

asas

‘thing, something’