Yimas Talking Dictionary

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alik

n sago pudding

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

anti

n ground

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

api

n father

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

atʃanti

n white

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

awaki

n stars

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

awruk

Microperoryctes papuensis

n bandicoot

Scientific name: Microperoryctes papuensis, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

bodanc

n 10; ten

ekimɨnmɨraŋ

n female paddle

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

irpm

n coconut palm

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

iɹɨpm

Cocos nucifera L.

n coconut palm tree

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

kaiwi

n daughter

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kalakɨn

n son

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kantɨŋ

n red plant

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kantɨŋki

n red plants

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kapɨnte

n frogs

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

karm

n language

karm

n language

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

karm

n lip

karm

n lip

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kaɨncik

n small snakes

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kaɨnkwi

n walls

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kilakilagʲenɨŋ

n a kind of parakeet

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

koŋko

n stairs

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

kʷamnot

n 3; three

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

makau

Oreochromis mossambicus

n tilapia

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

Scientific name: Oreochromis mossambicus, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

maltapʷa

n butt

Speaker: Karim Stephen

mankaŋ

n arm

Speaker: Karim Stephen

mayŋi

n beetle

maŋkɨrɨmaŋki

n 4; four

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

maŋɨntʃanɨ

n back

Speaker: Karim Stephen

maɨntankac

n catfishes

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

maɹm

n river

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mban

n 1; one

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

minʲɨŋ

n tongue

Speaker: Karim Stephen

mpʷenbɨnmɨraŋ

n male paddle

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

muntuk

n neck

muɹaŋ

n paddle

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mɨnkoŋ

n post

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mɨnkoŋkʷɨ

n posts

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mɨʃekawi

n kind of bird

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

mʷɨntɨŋki

Chanos chanos

n milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos, Speaker: Ambrose Otto

namakac

n feather

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nambɨ

n houses

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

namoratmundakan

n 10; ten

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

naŋkambara

n foot

Speaker: Karim Stephen

naŋkil

n fingers

Speaker: Karim Stephen

naɹanɨn

n red

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nemteraɣaɨn

n two feet

Speaker: Karim Stephen

numbrum

n leaf

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

numpran

n pig

numpran

n pig

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

numpʷei

n pigs

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

numpʷɨn

n pig

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nungoro

n 10; ten

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nɨmaɹman

n woman

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nɨmbi

n leaves

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

nɨŋkɨrai

n toe

Speaker: Karim Stephen

nɨŋkɨrai

n toes

Speaker: Karim Stephen

pamu

n leg

Speaker: Karim Stephen

pandʒua

n fingernail

Speaker: Karim Stephen

panpan

n bow

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

pantʃɨ

n fingernails

Speaker: Karim Stephen

piam

n fishing spear

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

pɹuk

n sago fiber

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

pʷanma

n husband

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tamoŋkatnbaŋ

n 6; six (= five + oŋkat + one)

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tamɨn

n brownfish

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tarapʷa

n a body part

Speaker: Karim Stephen

tubunaɹɨm

n hunting spear

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tukum

n cormorant

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tukunkac

n cormorants

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tumbunawin

n cloud

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tumbunawinki

n clouds

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

tunumunkamba

n sago grass

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tupuk

n sago pancake

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tupwi

n sago pancakes

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

tuwi

n sago palms

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

tɨngwɨŋ

n eye

Speaker: Karim Stephen

tɨrɨkʷa

n knee

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

uɨɹtakai

n turtle

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wakapʷa

n hill

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wakapʷakoi

n hills

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wakɨn

n snake

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wampɨnɨŋ

n flour

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wanplaʔemtɨrɨŋ

n tooth

Speaker: Karim Stephen

wapʷi

n hair

Speaker: Karim Stephen

waŋkanɾi

n pied cormorants

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wraŋ

n coconut

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

wraŋkunu

n coconuts

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

yarmuraŋ

n black eel

yaw

n road

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

yuɹei

n dogs

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

ŋai

n mother

Speaker: Karim Stephen

ɨntɨm

n black

Speaker: Ambrose Otto

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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