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 Unpublished manuscript.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: 4
| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ku | ku | ‘chrysalis of the capricorn beetle before the beetle has developed a hard exoskeleton’ | |
| ku | ku | ‘exclamation: when a person has an ear-ache one sometimes shouts "ku!" into his/her ear to frighten the pain away’ | |
| ku | ku | ‘go ashore’ | |
| ku | ku | ‘onomatopoeia: reproducing the call of the yum bird, sound of paddles bumping against the sides of a canoe, sound of many people running away through the bush’ |