[Papuanlanguages] 'Eating water' and elsewhere: a summary

[Martin Steer]

Martin Steer <m.steer at coombs.anu.edu.au> writes:

> There is also a word meaning 'devour'. I only know it for sago worms,
> 'you can hear them devouring the log', ...

Are sago worms really that noisy? In my notes I only have 'sago worms
are devouring it (the log)', so I don't know, now. But I believe I
remember someone saying 'you can hear them...'

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Martin