Yokoim English

sentence come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence today I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I didn’t see them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I cut the tree with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my dog

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun father

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun mouth

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral one

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence they saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun leaves (sg. leaf)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase liquid local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

numeral five

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun finger

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun nose

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun egg (pl. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun elbow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase many tall men

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun back

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun firewood basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you will give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence don’t give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sky

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase fruit fed to fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun top part of tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I saw them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun headhunting stones

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun girl

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

numeral five

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sipan fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence you don’t know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you didn’t see me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun knife

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun dogs (sg. dog)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

proper name Wonks (man’s name)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you are lying to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence the pig came out from the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my pigs (sg. my pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun female pig, sow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun knee

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei