Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunma

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alanandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ibona wala asaŋalaŋa

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenaki ɨmbi ɲɨmbɨt

phrase my sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋ klaikɨn

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

anaj

noun father

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andi

andi

noun clay for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

angam

angam

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

asa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ba pan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajakan

sentence there is nothing at all

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bapankaj

phrase never

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

habɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

halamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imalija mbaman

phrase one river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imblum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jakwas

noun chickens (sg. chicken)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jej

noun blood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jerɨmasɨnat

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jes

noun tears

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimblumman

jimblumman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juwan

noun tree (pl. trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kabaŋ

kabaŋ

noun three-pronged fish spear

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj mbej

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kalapakɨm

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman ɨmbuŋ

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

karɨm

proper name Karim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kawilme

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klaigɨn

adjective dried [fish]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kopok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuba ɨmbijes

phrase big pigs (sg. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuban manba

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuban ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

kumbut

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kupa ɨmbijen

noun pig tusk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuragan

phrase am, are [lying]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kɨnʤim

kɨnʤim

noun lashing connecting house poles

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

malo

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamaj

mamaj

noun rock

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamaŋ

mamaŋ

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi asas ʧaŋgola

sentence look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi wala sa jerɨmbija

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

monaŋ

monaŋ

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mongol kliama

numeral eight

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol ʧuam

numeral nine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

munduba

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

ojɨmɨne

noun sky

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pajnbun monaŋ

pajnbun monaŋ

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pambaŋ

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pawijakɨn

adjective red

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pusumbun

noun local fishing hook made of sago thorn

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨɲɨn

noun toe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sakuri mban

phrase one sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

san

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

saŋgɨnma

noun girl

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sumasɨm

noun sago tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumboka

sumboka

noun grass skirt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

suŋgwiʤilim

noun stars (sg. star)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

usim

noun sweat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m not hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa megabugan

sentence you don’t know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambun

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wandikakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wanʤiŋ

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija

wija

noun dog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wuluŋ me kulakan

sentence you are lying to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wuruŋ

adjective fake, false, lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wuruŋ

sentence you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wusiŋ

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen amenagɨn

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga asɨn

sentence I killed the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen minavwasɨt ɨmuŋgan

sentence the pig came out from the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my pigs (sg. my pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijes

noun pigs (sg. pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmɨnjoŋ

ɨmɨnjoŋ

noun coconut seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambun

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambuna

noun shoulder

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

ʧumɨngoŋ

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

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Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson, K. David Harrison and Madeleine Booth. (2014)
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