Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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ablum

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunma ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma koŋgijakɨnma

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunme

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ jagaka ʧaŋgwaj kanan ɨmbijen

sentence today I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ibona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ibona wala asaŋalaŋa

sentence I don’t want it, don’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ipona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama klibaj ɨndɨgen ɨmbijen

sentence I have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ʧaŋgolari ɨmbijenme

sentence I want to see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amenen

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amuŋ

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

angam

angam

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awaj

noun uncle

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

bapankaj

phrase never

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

guruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

halamnandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

handagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

imbles

noun leaves (sg. leaf)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaki

noun tobacco

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jakwan

noun chicken (pl. chickens)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jam amenagwa

phrase my house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jambi mundagɨnana

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmasɨnma

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelme amenenme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

jelmɨndi

noun wives (sg. wife)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemben aŋagut ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemen koŋgop

jemen koŋgop

noun; phrase ladder leading up to house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa aŋagut ɨmbijen (ja)amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbunjun

noun elbow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa aŋat

sentence they gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

karawari

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kondugɨn kaj

kondugɨn kaj

noun; phrase back of canoe, woman’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

kribaj

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kɨnʤije

noun knotting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj ama amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamɨs

noun navel

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manbajma

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

manban maraŋ

manban maraŋ

noun; phrase crocodile prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

manbas

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mbakambaŋʧoŋgot

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman jɨp

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

men puŋmegabugan

sentence he knows them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi asas ʧaŋgola

sentence look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi wala saŋalaŋa

sentence don’t give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mʤakaj jambugan malajmne

sentence canoe is on the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

nʤɨn

nʤɨn

noun small fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

noun man’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pandigɨm

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pandɨŋ

pandɨŋ

noun tongs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panmari koŋgijakɨn

phrase tall man

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

puklɨŋ

noun neck

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

salukuli

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samɨn

numeral three

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suluk mbaŋ

phrase one song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wala jemɨn megabugan

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala kambentoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m not hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

walɨm

walɨm

noun bowl for putting sago in

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambrumas

proper name Wambrumas

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wandikakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wanʤiŋ

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wasakɨndaj

noun younger sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

waŋgun

waŋgun

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi

noun night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuluŋ ama kulakan

sentence I’m lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wuruŋ

adjective fake, false, lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋguruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧam

ʧam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambunas

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧejpa

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumali

noun sun

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨbi amenaki

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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