In
Flamingo Bay Asmat, light verbs are combined with adjuncts to form predicative expressions. •
e- ‘do’ •
atow e- /play do/ ‘play’ •
caj e- /copulate do/ ‘copulate’ •
yan e- /ear do/ ‘listen’ •
yi- ‘say’ •
po yi- /paddle say/ ‘paddle’ •
yan yi- /ear say/ ‘hear’ •
mesa yi- /saliva say/ ‘spit’ •
af- ‘hit’ •
yaki af- /sneeze hit/ ‘sneeze’ •
namir af- /death hit/ ‘die’ •
omop af- /blow hit/ ‘beat’ ==References==