Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abaga

sentence come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunare

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

akulak

akulak

noun fish hook

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunmɨn manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

aliŋ

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

aliŋ jaga ʧaŋgwajkit ɨmbijen

sentence tomorrow I will see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama andaga ʧaŋgwaj kanat ɨmbijen

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama kajag klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

sentence I don’t have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenaki kaj

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki sɨpi

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaŋ ʧuluk

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

bu jumban soŋgot

sentence they saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

bu wala jɨmbuŋasoŋgot

sentence they didn’t see me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

gluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

handagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

ikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

isɨn

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

isɨn malaj

noun; phrase liquid local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jaki

noun tobacco

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgri

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrin paklap

noun hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral five

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgun

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jes

noun tears

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa megabugan

sentence he knows me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimuŋga

noun village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jubamba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

juwan pɨnaŋ

juwan pɨnaŋ

noun; phrase tool for digging up grass

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence we saw you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj mbej amenagɨn

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kalapakɨm

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I give you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban megabugan wuruŋ me kulagan

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kawijaleŋ

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi mbenme amenenme

phrase my one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiaŋ

noun cough

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

konmej

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

koŋgo

noun stairs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kriama ɨmbijen

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kumbima

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupa ɨmbijen

noun pig tusk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupen amenam

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

malaj ama amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manbas

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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

mbanma manbajma

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mejŋ

noun husband

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

mi ʧaman wala kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

miŋa soŋgot

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pambijes ʧɨbɨʧagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

pamuŋ

noun leg

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamuŋgri

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

puga aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

salukuli

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambɨs

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samɨn

numeral four

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saun

noun egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sukali

sukali

noun broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suluk mbaŋ

phrase one song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sumasɨm

noun sago tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suput

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨndi

noun urine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

tiziŋgi

noun (fruit) seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wali

noun wind

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

walɨm

walɨm

noun bowl for putting sago in

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

waŋgun

waŋgun

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

waɲa

noun knife

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

wi jabagi

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuruŋ

sentence you are lying

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

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmbijen kamban aŋagut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me long ago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋat

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen mɨn muŋgaj ʧɨvwasɨt ʧaŋgurɨm bɨnaŋ

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen puka aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbima

noun female pig, sow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn

adjective middle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧan

noun bone

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧejpa

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbun

ʧumbun

noun clouds (sg. cloud)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧumɨnkoŋ

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

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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