Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abijumba

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunara

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunbun mɨnaŋ

akunbun mɨnaŋ

noun; phrase woman’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunma ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ 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

ama ibona wala asaŋalaŋa

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ʧaŋgolari ɨmbijenme

sentence I want to see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amenagɨn

phrase my X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenaki kaj

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen wija

phrase my dog

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

amenogwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andukas

noun sago leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

angam

angam

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

anʤaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

baŋ

numeral one

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

guruŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

halamnandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imiɲu

noun coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imuŋga amenaguman

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

inmasɨnma

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jaga awigɨt ɨmbijen akunmemne

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jakwan

jakwan

noun chicken

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jakwas

noun chickens (sg. chicken)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jambi mundagɨnana

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

janda ɨmbijen

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral five

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelme amenenme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

jepen

phrase thank you

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awiŋ

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj amenaki

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kajak

phrase no

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamaŋ

noun bamboo [drum]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

kapus

noun kapus vegetable

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kiaŋ

noun cough

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kluput

noun back

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kopok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

koŋgo

noun stairs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kumbut

noun flying foxes (sg. flying fox)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kupan

adjective elder

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kupenme

noun elder sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kɨnʤim

kɨnʤim

noun lashing connecting house poles

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamijaŋ wasakɨn

noun younger sister

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

manbajma

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

manban kanabaŋ

noun crocodile head

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manbas

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbam

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban ɨmbijen

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbanma manbajma

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbej

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi wala saŋalaŋa

sentence don’t give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

monaŋ

monaŋ

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

monaŋgɨn kunduk

monaŋgɨn kunduk

noun; phrase paddle handle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundakalaŋ

noun stomach

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

nʤɨŋgi klibaj

nʤɨŋgi klibaj

noun; phrase two small fish baskets

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

pawijakɨn

adjective red

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for digging up grass

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samut

noun slippy gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samɨn

numeral four

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

samɨn

numeral three

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sapasa

sapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgalibi

noun headhunting stones

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨn punʤuŋ

sɨmasɨn punʤuŋ

noun; phrase sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨndi

noun urine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpan nambiŋ

sɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

tisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wabus

noun hair

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wala miŋa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala wuluŋ ama kulagan

sentence I’m not lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wali

noun wind

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun younger brother

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija mben amenen

phrase my one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

woŋks

woŋks

proper name Wonks (man’s name)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋakut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambijaŋ

noun body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambijaŋ

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambun

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn

adjective middle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumali

noun sun

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨbi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨbi amenaki

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨʧɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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