Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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(juwan) alɨm

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunare

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

aj

phrase hello

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akum

noun women (sg. woman)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunara

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunbun mɨnaŋ

akunbun mɨnaŋ

noun; phrase woman’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunma

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunma koŋgijakɨnma

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunme

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunme mbenme

phrase one woman

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

aliŋ

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenen

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenenma kiawi

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenme

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋ klaikɨn

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

arijagwa

noun arrow

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bu jumban soŋgot

sentence they saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

handagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

inmasɨnma

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jakasɨkɨn

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jam wasako

noun small house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jawi

noun vagina

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgun

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelasɨmbaj

jelasɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmɨndi

noun wives (sg. wife)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemben aŋagut ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jeŋa awiŋ aliŋ

phrase took from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence we saw you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jɨmbuŋ

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj waʧari

phrase small canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kajak

phrase no

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman ɨmbuŋ

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban megabugan

sentence I know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanabaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

kanapaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kandagɨm

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaŋgun

kaŋgun

noun vegetable (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

konmej

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

koŋgijerɨn mas

phrase many tall men

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

koŋgo

noun stairs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuba ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbima

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

kuragan

phrase am, are [lying]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kɨnda awaŋgamuŋ

noun; phrase costume hat

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kɨnʤije

noun knotting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

majaŋ

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

majaŋ

majaŋ

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj

noun coconut water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj ama amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaŋapa

noun firewood basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mandɨm

mandɨm

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman jam

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi wala asa ʧaŋgolaŋa

sentence don’t look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mongol ʧuam

numeral ten

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol baŋ

numeral six

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mongol klibaj

numeral seven

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral nine

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mundi

noun feces

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

muŋgoŋgon uli

muŋgoŋgon uli

noun; phrase hole in ground for house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

nʤɨŋgi

nʤɨŋgi

noun small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pandukoŋgon

pandukoŋgon

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤa megabugan

sentence we know them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbun

sumbun

noun cloud or sky (pl. clouds)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmaliɲa

noun daytime

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨzɨn mbaŋ

phrase one tooth

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ulaŋ mamakɨn

ulaŋ mamakɨn

noun; phrase rotten coconut

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulupapambani

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wakɨn

noun snake (pl. snakes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m not hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

waŋgun

waŋgun

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija

wija

noun dog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga awlaŋa

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋakut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa agan

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me long ago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmɨnbam

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamuŋgun klat

noun; phrase stomach ache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧena

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumankondim

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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