Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun; phrase women’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase to the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun skin

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun father

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence Mother give me a pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

proper name Aunda

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun leaves (sg. leaf)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun chicken (pl. chickens)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun small house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun heart

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fish trap basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase thank you

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence he knows me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence they gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun three-pronged fish spear

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase no

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cloud or sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase two ears

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase many tall men

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun fence

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun younger sister

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun crocodile (pl. crocodiles)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun husband

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase that pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you saw us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun slippy gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun red flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun daytime

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one tooth

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I’m not lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun bowl for putting sago in

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

proper name Wambrumas

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I shot the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you gave the pig to me long ago

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

phrase my pigs (sg. my pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari