Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abijumba

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

agaj

noun grandmother

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agum

noun back

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunara

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma jeŋa awiŋ

phrase the woman took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma koŋgijakɨnma

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alanandi

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

alisɨn

noun smoke

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

aliŋ

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ama ibona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama kajag klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

sentence I don’t have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ʧaŋgolari ɨmbijenme

sentence I want to see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amburija

amburija

noun firewood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenaki sɨpi

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenogwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amɨn

noun food

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

awan dɨmɨnja

awan dɨmɨnja

noun men’s headdress

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

hawaŋ wabus

hawaŋ wabus

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

isɨn malaj

noun; phrase liquid local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jam amenagwa

phrase my house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jambi mundagɨnana

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

japakɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrin paklap

noun hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral five

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelamakɨs

jelamakɨs

noun musical seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelamakɨs

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelapakɨs

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jemben aŋagut ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemdaŋ

noun finger

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jepen

phrase thank you

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juwan pɨnaŋ

juwan pɨnaŋ

noun; phrase tool for digging up grass

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juwaɲe

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbuja aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kabaŋ

kabaŋ

noun three-pronged fish spear

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj maraŋ

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamaŋ

noun bamboo

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kawijaleŋ

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaŋgalandi

noun colored feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klibaj iŋgɨnbaj

phrase two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kuba ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbi

noun children

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupen amenam

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kɨnʤɨm

noun log tie

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

majaŋ

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj

noun coconut water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mamaŋ

mamaŋ

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamɨs

noun navel

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manba

noun crocodile (pl. crocodiles)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

masɨn

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [house]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

men puŋmegabugan

sentence he knows them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mikajgam

phrase hey you just walking around

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨnda ɨmbijen

phrase that pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

pajnbun monaŋ

pajnbun monaŋ

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

noun man’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pandukoŋgon

pandukoŋgon

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

puklɨŋ

noun neck

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pun soŋgot

sentence I saw them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sakuri mban

phrase one sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samburuŋ

noun part black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sambɨs

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

saŋgalibi

noun headhunting stones

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmbluk

sɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨndi

noun urine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpan nambiŋ

noun sipan fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

undumburinʤaŋ

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

usapi

usapi

noun flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wakɨn

noun snake (pl. snakes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala jemɨn megabugan

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa megabugan

sentence you don’t know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wi

noun name

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi japaki

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen kamban aŋagut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋat

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbuŋ

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmɨnbam

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmɨnjoŋ

ɨmɨnjoŋ

noun coconut seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧuŋgwiʤilijen

noun star (pl. stars)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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