Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

agorim

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunare

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

agunma jeŋa aŋakut ɨmbijen amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunma ɨmbijenme amena jeŋa awigɨt

sentence the woman took the pig from me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

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

akunma jeŋa awt ɨmbijen

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

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

ambalija

ambalija

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagɨn mbej kaj

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaŋ ʧuluk

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen guluŋ

phrase my eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen meŋ

phrase my husband

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenoka waɲa

phrase my knife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

apman

apman

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awaj

noun uncle

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

awan dɨmɨnja

awan dɨmɨnja

noun men’s headdress

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bagwan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

habɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

hawaŋ wabus

hawaŋ wabus

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jakasɨkɨn

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelma

noun wife (pl. wives)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelusɨmbaj

jelusɨmbaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemkasɨn

noun foot

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jerɨmasɨnat

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awt ɨmbijen agunma

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimblumman

jimblumman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jipɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

joŋ

noun egg (pl. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

juwaɲe

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbuŋa megabugan

sentence They know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj kubaj

phrase big canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalambaŋdija

kalambaŋdija

noun house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman ɨmbuŋ

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban megabugan

sentence I know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambukumbi

kambukumbi

noun cloud or sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kanbat

kanbat

noun pig spears

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

karɨm

proper name Karim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi

noun daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi mbenme

phrase one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klipaj

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kumbut

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kupen

noun elder brother

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

kuruput

noun back

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kɨnʤije

noun knotting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kɨnʤim

kɨnʤim

noun lashing connecting house poles

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kɨnʤɨm

noun log tie

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj ama amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaja amuŋgut

sentence I drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamakɨn

mamakɨn

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

masɨn

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman jɨp

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban jam

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mejŋ

noun husband

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

meŋ amenen

phrase my husband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala saŋalaŋa

sentence don’t give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa soŋgot

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mɨndau saŋgɨnat malajmne mɨndi ɨmugoraboran

sentence boys are swimming in the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

pamuŋgri

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

panʤamoŋ

panʤamoŋ

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

puga aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pusumbun

noun local fishing hook made of sago thorn

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambɨs

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sanʤɨlɨma

noun red flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sarukuri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sumbun

sumbun

noun cloud or sky (pl. clouds)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨn punʤuŋ

sɨmasɨn punʤuŋ

noun; phrase sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsiŋgi

noun sipan fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨzɨn mbaŋ

phrase one tooth

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

tisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala jemben aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I didn’t give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambuŋ

noun chest

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wandikakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wija mben amenen

phrase my one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbima

noun female pig, sow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbuŋ

ɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧam

ʧam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨma

ʧanʤɨlɨma

noun flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbun

ʧumbun

noun clouds (sg. cloud)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨmbluk

ʧɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨʧɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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