Yokoim English

sentence come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun grandmother

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase women’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence tomorrow I will see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun food

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

numeral one

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun river bank

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun houses (sg. house)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

adjective white

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun blood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun feet

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun nose

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun egg (pl. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun eggs (sg. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase big canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase no

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun bamboo

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cloud or sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective elder

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun elder brother

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun log tie

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun; phrase front of canoe, man’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

numeral eight

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence boys are swimming in the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my big pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

proper name Pandikundi

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun part black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun day

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my sago palm

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun hair

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun bowl for putting sago in

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hair

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun younger brother

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun younger sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun female pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun male pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari