Yimas Talking Dictionary

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alik

n sago pudding

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

amɨnanmaŋ

n my wife

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

anti

n ground

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

antu

n mouth

Speaker: Karim Stephen

awaki

n stars

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

awruk

Microperoryctes papuensis

n bandicoot

Scientific name: Microperoryctes papuensis, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

aɹɨm

n water

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

bodanc

n 10; ten

bʷabʷɨmɨŋ

n coconut husk

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

ekimɨnmɨraŋ

n female paddle

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

ibʷuŋin

n coconut trees

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

irpm

n coconut palm

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera L., Speaker: Ambrose Otto

iwanidʒikiwe

n head

Speaker: Karim Stephen

iɹɨpm

Cocos nucifera L.

n coconut palm tree

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera L., Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kai

n canoe

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kaiwi

n daughter

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kamban

n grass

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kapɨnte

n frogs

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kapʷɨn

Nyctimystes infrafrenatus

n frog

Example: Photo by snakesrcool / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Nyctimystes infrafrenatus, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

karm

n language

karm

n lip

kawi

n small snake

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kaɨncik

n small snakes

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kaɨnkwi

n walls

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kaɨŋ

n wall

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kilakilagʲenɨŋ

n a kind of parakeet

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

koŋko

n stairs

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kwankɨmkʷirikɨrɨpʷal

n two ears

Speaker: Karim Stephen

kɨnmaŋkalan

n my son

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kʷamnot

n 3; three

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

maltapʷa

n butt

Speaker: Karim Stephen

mankankirikɨrɨpʷan

n two arms

Speaker: Karim Stephen

mankaŋ

n arm

Speaker: Karim Stephen

mayŋi

n beetle

mayŋi

mayŋi

n beetle

Example: Photo by Daniel Fischer via inaturalist.org

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

maŋkɨrɨmaŋki

n 4; four

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

maɨntankac

n catfishes

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mban

n 1; one

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

minʲɨŋ

n tongue

Speaker: Karim Stephen

muntuk

n neck

mɨla

n moon

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mɨnkoŋ

n post

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mɨnkoŋkʷɨ

n posts

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mɨʃekawi

n kind of bird

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mʷandʒiŋinkamban

n Bulumbia pam grass

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nam

n house

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

namakac

n feather

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

namaɹawi

namaɹawi

n bird

Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

namaɹo

n man

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nanmaŋ

n wife

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

naŋkil

n fingers

Speaker: Karim Stephen

naŋkɨlʲɨm

n finger

Speaker: Karim Stephen

naɹanɨn

n red

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

numbrum

n leaf

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

numpran

n pig

numpran

n pig

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nɨbʷɹɨn iɹakaʃikiniʒ

n white pig

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nɨmaɹman

n woman

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nɨŋkɨrai

n toes

Speaker: Karim Stephen

pamu

n leg

Speaker: Karim Stephen

panpan

n bow

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

paɨnpan

n bow

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

piam

n fishing spear

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

pʷanma

n husband

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tam

n 5; five

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tamoŋkatkʷamnot

n 8; eight ( = five + oŋkat + three)

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tamoŋkatmukamɨŋki

n 9; nine ( = five + oŋkat + four)

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tamoŋkatnbaŋ

n 6; six (= five + oŋkat + one)

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tamɨn

n brownfish

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tmel

n sun

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tukum

n cormorant

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tunum

Metroxylon sagu

n sago palm

Example: Photo by rsmalley / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Metroxylon sagu, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tupuk

n sago pancake

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tupwi

n sago pancakes

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tuwi

n sago palms

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tuŋkunmʷa

n possum

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

təmelmɨŋ

Spilocuscus maculatus

n spotted possum

Example: Photo by crapgame / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Spilocuscus maculatus, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tɨki

n sago string

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tɨmpaŋ

n chest

Speaker: Karim Stephen

tɨrɨŋki

n teeth

Speaker: Karim Stephen

tɹ̩iŋ

photo by K. David Harrison

n tusk, tooth

Example: photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

uɨɹtainkac

n turtles

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

uɨɹtakai

n turtle

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wakapʷa

n hill

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wakapʷakoi

n hills

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wakɨn

n snake

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wakɨnɾet

n snakes

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wanplaʔemtɨrɨŋ

n tooth

Speaker: Karim Stephen

wapʷi

n hair

Speaker: Karim Stephen

waŋkanɾi

n pied cormorants

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wraŋkana

n coconut flesh

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wraŋkunu

n coconuts

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

yaka

Phalanger sericeus

n black possum

Example: Photo by pfaucher / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Phalanger sericeus, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

yan

n tree

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

yarmuraŋ

n black eel

yarmuraŋ

n black eel

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

yaw

n road

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

yuɹei

n dogs

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

ŋai

n mother

Speaker: Karim Stephen

ɨtambɨnpiam

n hunting spear

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

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Yimas Talking Dictionary produced by K. David Harrison, Neal Kelso and Jeremy Fahringer. (2020) Yimas language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Yimas Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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