Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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(juwan) alɨm

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

abulum

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akulak

akulak

noun fish hook

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma jeŋa awiŋ ariŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

alisɨn

noun smoke

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

alum

noun skin

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ibona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama wandukogodna jaga ajglavan juwan ʧambɨgna

sentence I cut the tree with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ambisɨpi

ambisɨpi

noun cockscomb

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenogwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenoka waɲa

phrase my knife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

apman

apman

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun loincloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aunda

proper name Aunda

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

awnija

awnija

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajak

phrase no way

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bapankaj

phrase never

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

gluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jaga awigɨt ɨmbijen akunmemne

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

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

japakɨn

adjective white

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jelamakɨs

jelamakɨs

noun musical seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmasɨnma

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemdaŋ

noun finger

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jemgas

jemgas

noun feet

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awiŋ

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juwaɲe

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I give you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

kapus

noun kapus vegetable

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kiawi

noun daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klasa

klasa

noun stick for stirring pot

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kluput

noun back

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

koliori

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

konmej

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

konmej imuŋga

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kundiman

proper name Kundiman

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kusɨkaj

noun day

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

malaj

malaj

noun river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mauŋ

noun sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbanma manbajma

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun house posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

muŋgoŋgon uli

muŋgoŋgon uli

noun; phrase hole in ground for house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you saw us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

nʤɨn

nʤɨn

noun small fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbun monaŋ

pajnbun monaŋ

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamun tisin

pamun tisin

noun; phrase fruit fed to fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pandigɨm

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for digging up grass

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨniŋgi

noun heel, tendon

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suam bunija

numeral ten

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sumankondim

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgriŋ

noun sago waste pulp

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmasɨm

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala mɨɲɨn

sentence it’s not yours

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambiŋ

wambiŋ

noun feather (pl. feathers)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandukakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

waɲa

noun knife

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija

wija

noun dog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija amenen

phrase my dog

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wija mben

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

woŋks

woŋks

proper name Wonks (man’s name)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wuruŋ

adjective fake, false, lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmbijen kamban aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijes

noun pigs (sg. pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbuŋ

ɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmɨnbam

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn

adjective middle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧaruguri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧejpa

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧena

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumankondim

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbus

ʧumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧuŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

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