Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abaga

sentence come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

agaj

noun grandmother

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akum

noun women (sg. woman)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunma jeŋa awiŋ

phrase the woman took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunme mbenme

phrase one woman

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

alanandi

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ jagaka ʧaŋgwaj kanan ɨmbijen

sentence today I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋgɨm

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ibona wala asaŋalaŋa

sentence I don’t want it, don’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama klibaj ɨndɨgen ɨmbijen

sentence I have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wandukogodna o ʧambiogodna

sentence I cut it with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amblija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagɨn mbej kaj

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

anaj

noun father

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi amenagi

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ba pan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

handagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

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

jaŋgrin paklap

noun hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgun

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelamakɨs

jelamakɨs

noun musical seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemen koŋgop

jemen koŋgop

noun; phrase ladder leading up to house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jes

noun tears

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa aŋagut ɨmbijen (ja)amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jeŋa megabugan

sentence he knows me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimblumman

jimblumman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juwan pɨnaŋ

juwan pɨnaŋ

noun; phrase tool for digging up grass

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbu megabugan

sentence They know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuja aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj amenagi

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

kamban aŋan

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanapaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klasa

klasa

noun stick for stirring pot

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klipaj

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

koŋgo

noun stairs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuban manba

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbi amenagi

phrase my family

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kumbima

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupen amenen

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kusɨkaj

noun day

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kɨnʤim

kɨnʤim

noun lashing connecting house poles

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

majaŋ

majaŋ

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaŋapa

noun firewood basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manʤamaj

proper name Manjamai

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbanma manbajma

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi abaga

sentence (you) come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mikajgam

phrase hey you just walking around

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

noun man’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pamuŋ

noun leg

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamuŋgri

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

pandikundi

proper name Pandikundi

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

pandukoŋgon

pandukoŋgon

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pandɨŋ

pandɨŋ

noun tongs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pun soŋgot

sentence I saw them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pusumbun

noun local fishing hook made of sago thorn

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

salukuli

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sandambɨnmɨndɨs sɨndi

sandambɨnmɨndɨs sɨndi

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sapasa

sapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saun

noun egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saun

saun

noun white egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suam

numeral four

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sumasɨm

noun sago tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

tɨzɨngi

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ulaŋ mamakɨn

ulaŋ mamakɨn

noun; phrase rotten coconut

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambun

wambun

noun sago flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

waɲa

noun knife

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuluŋ ama kulakan

sentence I’m lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wusiŋ

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ŋgluŋ mbaŋ

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen jeŋa awiŋ ariŋ

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa agan

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen mɨn muŋgaj ʧɨvwasɨt ʧaŋgurɨm bɨnaŋ

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbima

noun female pig, sow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn

adjective middle

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

ʧena

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧuluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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