Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunmemne

phrase to the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋ

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

aliŋgɨm

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenen

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenenme jelme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andukas

noun sago leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun loincloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

arijagwa

noun arrow

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

asaj

asaj

noun virgin mary [mother]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imalija

imalija

noun river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaga awigɨt ɨmbijen akunmemne

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jawi

noun vagina

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgri

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jenʤa

jenʤa

noun sleeping mat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jibisapa

noun coconut leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juŋguluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨbus

noun coconut trees (sg. coconut tree)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbuja aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj amenaki

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj mbej amenagɨn

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kalis

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I give you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanbat

kanbat

noun pig spears

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kandakɨm

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kawi

noun kawi fish, snakehead gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi amenenma

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kiawi mbenme amenenme

phrase my one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiaŋ

noun cough

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klipaj

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kuluŋ

noun fence

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kumbima

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kumbut

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kundiman

proper name Kundiman

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kupenme

noun elder sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

majaŋ

majaŋ

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj

noun coconut water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamaŋ

mamaŋ

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manban maraŋ

manban maraŋ

noun; phrase crocodile prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

noun; phrase front of canoe, man’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [house]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban jam

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mejŋ

noun husband

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

meŋ amenen

phrase my husband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mi miŋa aŋagut ɨmbijen

sentence you will give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mi ɨbɨʧela

sentence look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi ʧaman wala kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mikajgam aj mikajgam

phrase greetings

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mundupa

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

nʤɨŋgi

nʤɨŋgi

noun small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

noun man’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pambaŋ

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pambijes sɨbɨsagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

poguluŋ kiŋasan kasijakan

sentence I’m thirsty

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤa megabugan

sentence we know them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samun

noun brain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

saun

noun egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

saŋgɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sukali

sukali

noun broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨkɨt

sɨkɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmali

noun day

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨm amenagwa

phrase my sago palm

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

tɨzɨngi

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

usim

noun sweat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wambrumas

proper name Wambrumas

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wambun

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wanʤɨm

noun black palm

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wapuk

noun boy

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

woŋks

woŋks

proper name Wonks (man’s name)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbejma

noun female pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmbijen minavwasɨt ɨmuŋgan

sentence the pig came out from the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbuŋ

ɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧam

ʧam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧaruguri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbun

ʧumbun

noun clouds (sg. cloud)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨmbluk

ʧɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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