Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunara

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

alamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama andaga ʧaŋgwaj kanat ɨmbijen

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wala jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amblija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki sɨpi

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenen meŋ

phrase my husband

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenma kiawi

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajakan

sentence there is nothing at all

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bu wala jɨmbuŋasoŋgot

sentence they didn’t see me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

gluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

handagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

imalija

imalija

noun river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

inmasɨnma

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

isɨn

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

isɨn malaj

noun; phrase liquid local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jabagɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

janda kuben ɨmbijen

phrase this big pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jangun meri

noun mosquitos (sg. mosquito)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgun

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelusɨmbaj

jelusɨmbaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemben aŋagut ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemben aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

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 awiŋ

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awt ɨmbijen agunma

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jibisapa

noun coconut leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juŋguluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kaj kubaj

phrase big canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj mbej amenagɨn

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban megabugan wuruŋ me kulagan

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban soŋgot

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamoŋgli

noun long sticks

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanabaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

kandakɨm

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaŋgalandi

noun colored feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kiawi amenenma

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kondugɨn kaj

kondugɨn kaj

noun; phrase back of canoe, woman’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

kondukɨn kaj

kondukɨn kaj

noun; phrase back of canoe, woman’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kribaj

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kuban ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

kumbut

noun flying foxes (sg. flying fox)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kɨnʤije

noun knotting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj

malaj

noun river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

malaj

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

malaj ama amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamijaŋ

noun daughter, sister

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

manban maraŋ

manban maraŋ

noun; phrase crocodile prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

maraŋ

maraŋ

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

maraŋawa

maraŋawa

noun basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

masɨn wasakɨn

noun younger brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mejŋ

noun husband

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral nine

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundakalaŋ

noun stomach

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pandawi

pandawi

noun top part of tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sanʤɨlɨma

noun red flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

suluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suput

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suŋgwiʤilim

noun stars (sg. star)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨm

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨŋgi

sɨsɨŋgi

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨsɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulaŋ marigɨn

ulaŋ marigɨn

noun; phrase coconut

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala kambentoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala miŋa megabugan

sentence you don’t know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambun

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wasabo

noun son

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasakɨndaj

noun younger sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

waŋgun

waŋgun

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgluŋ mbaŋ

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambijaŋ

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧan

noun bone

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧuluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧumali

noun sun

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧumɨnkoŋ

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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