Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abijumba

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

ablum

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

akunma ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma jeŋa awiŋ ariŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ jagaka ʧaŋgwaj kanan ɨmbijen

sentence today I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋgɨm

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama andaga ʧaŋgwaj kanat ɨmbijen

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wala jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenogwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenoka waɲa

phrase my knife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asaŋala

sentence give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aunda

proper name Aunda

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi amenagi

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

awnija

awnija

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajak

phrase no way

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bapankaj

phrase never

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

gluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

guruŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

iʧɨn

noun river bank

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

janda ɨmbijen

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jelasɨmbaj

jelasɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemkasɨn

noun foot

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jerɨmasɨnat

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awiŋ aliŋ

phrase took from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awt ɨmbijen agunma

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jipɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juŋguluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbuja aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamaŋ

noun bamboo

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanapaŋgɨn klat

noun; phrase headache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanbat

kanbat

noun pig spears

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kiawi amenenma

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kiawi mbenme

phrase one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiaŋ

noun cough

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kobok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kondukɨn kaj

kondukɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuba ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbut

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kupen amenam

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

majaŋ

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

majaŋ

majaŋ

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malo

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamɨs

noun navel

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

masɨn

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

masɨn wasakɨn

noun younger brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun braided rope usied for climbing coconut tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbej kaj

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mesamden

noun tongue

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mi abaga pambaŋ asaŋala

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala asa ʧaŋgolaŋa

sentence don’t look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi wala sa jerɨmbija

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

monaŋ

monaŋ

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral eight

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun house posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pambaŋ

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pambijes sɨbɨsagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

pandigɨm

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pandukoŋgon

pandukoŋgon

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panmari koŋgijakɨn

phrase tall man

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

puga aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saklija

saklija

noun stakes holding sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sanʤɨlɨma

noun red flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

suŋgwiʤilijen

noun star (pl. stars)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgriŋ

noun sago waste pulp

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨkɨt

sɨkɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmbat

noun jungle

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpan nambiŋ

sɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨzɨngi

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmari

tisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambrumas

proper name Wambrumas

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wandukakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨndaj

noun younger sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

waŋjakɨla

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wija amenen

phrase my dog

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen jaga asɨn

sentence I killed the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmɨnbam

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧan

noun bone

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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