Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abijumba

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

agorim

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunma ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

alamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋgɨm

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama wala jagasoŋgot

sentence I don’t see

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wandukogodna o ʧambiogodna

sentence I cut it with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagi wi

phrase my name is

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amenagɨn mbej kaj

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

asaj

noun mother

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

aunda

proper name Aunda

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

awnija

awnija

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

halamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jaki

noun tobacco

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jakwan

jakwan

noun chicken

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jambi

noun houses (sg. house)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

japakɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral five

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jemgas

jemgas

noun feet

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemgas

noun leg, foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jerɨmasɨnat

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨbus

noun coconut trees (sg. coconut tree)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbuja aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa aŋat

sentence they gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbɨk

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kajak

phrase no

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kamban megabugan

sentence I know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban megabugan wuruŋ me kulagan

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban soŋgot

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamoŋgli

noun long sticks

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klipaj

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

koliori

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

koŋgijerɨn mas

phrase many tall men

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuban ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

kumbi amenagi

phrase my family

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

malo

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamaj

mamaj

noun rock

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamakɨn

mamakɨn

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manba mban

phrase one crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

manban joŋ

noun crocodile egg

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

manbas

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manʤamaj

proper name Manjamai

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

maraŋ

noun 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 jɨp

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban jam

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban japakɨn

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi ɨbɨʧela

sentence look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa megabugan

sentence you know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

monaŋgɨn kunduk

monaŋgɨn kunduk

noun; phrase paddle handle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

nʤɨŋgi klibaj

nʤɨŋgi klibaj

noun; phrase two small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panmari koŋgijakɨn

phrase tall man

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pusumbun

pusumbun

noun fishing rod

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sakuri mban

phrase one sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samɨn

numeral four

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sarukuri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

saun

saun

noun white egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suŋgwiʤilim

noun stars (sg. star)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨkɨt

sɨkɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

usapi

usapi

noun flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wakɨndi

noun snakes (sg. snake)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala jemɨn megabugan

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala mɨndi kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambun

wambun

noun sago flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandukakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wuluŋ me kulakan

sentence you are lying to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbi

ɨmbi

noun sago bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga awan

sentence I shot the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambunas

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧan

noun bone

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson, K. David Harrison and Madeleine Booth. (2014)
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