Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agunma jeŋa aŋakut ɨmbijen amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunara

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

alum

noun skin

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ipona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenen guluŋ

phrase my eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋ klajkɨn

amuŋ klajkɨn

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

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

apɨnʤɨmbɨlɨm

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awaj

noun maternal uncle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

awi amenagi

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

aʧa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ba pan kajak

phrase no way

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imalija

imalija

noun river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jam amenagwa

phrase my house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jangunmeri mundakana

phrase many mosquitos

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelabagɨms

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmɨndi

noun wives (sg. wife)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemak

noun fish trap basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa aŋagut ɨmbijen (ja)amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jokoim

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juwana ama ajglavat

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbi ɲɨmbɨt

phrase one sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I give you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kawinʤit

noun fishes

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi mbenme

phrase one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klipaj

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

koklum

noun sago bark

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

kosɨkajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

koŋgop

noun ladder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kriama ɨmbijen

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kribaj

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kuba ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbi

noun children

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kumbut

noun flying foxes (sg. flying fox)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

malaj

noun coconut water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamaj

mamaj

noun rock

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manʤamaj

proper name Manjamai

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun braided rope usied for climbing coconut tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman jam

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban japakɨn

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol klipaj

numeral seven

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral eight

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundi

noun feces

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundupa

mundupa

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundupa

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panda

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

panʤamoŋ

panʤamoŋ

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

puklɨŋ

noun neck

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samburuŋ

noun part black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpi

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

tiziŋgi

noun (fruit) seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

undumburinʤaŋ

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

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

wali

noun wind

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wapus

noun hair

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wuluŋ me kulakan

sentence you are lying to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wusiŋ

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ŋguruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbi

ɨmbi

noun sago bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga awlaŋa

sentence I took the pig from the woman

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

ʧambijaŋ

noun body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧapasa

ʧapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧena

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

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