Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one woman

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase tomorrow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my ear

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence Mother give me a pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun chicken (pl. chickens)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun small house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun wife (pl. wives)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence they gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence They know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun stamps for body painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun bamboo [drum]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I give you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun kawi fish, snakehead gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun vegetable (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cough

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun fence

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun elder brother

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun daughter, sister

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun crocodile (pl. crocodiles)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

proper name Manjamai

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you will give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

adjective many

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun feces

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun grass skirt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun stars (sg. star)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sweat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I’m not hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I’m not lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun boy, son

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence we gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase middle of canoe, children’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun bone

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fish scoop basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman