Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agaj

noun grandmother

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunma

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alanandi

noun red body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋ jagaka ʧaŋgwaj kanan ɨmbijen

sentence today I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenenme jelme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

apman

apman

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apruŋgi

apruŋgi

noun decorative crocodile scars

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

arafundi

proper name Arafundi River

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

asa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

awaj

noun uncle

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

awan dɨmɨnja

awan dɨmɨnja

noun men’s headdress

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bu wala jɨmbuŋasoŋgot

sentence they didn’t see me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

hamuŋ

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imalija mbaman

phrase one river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri klibaj

numeral ten

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgun

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelmasɨnma

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemben aŋagut ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jes

noun tears

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jibisapa

noun coconut leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juwana ama ajglavat

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

juŋguluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbijan

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalapakɨm

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamdaŋ

noun fish carrying basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanabaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

kapus

kapus

noun kapus vegetable

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kawilme

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kawinʤit

noun fishes

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi mbenme

phrase one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klimbaŋ

klimbaŋ

noun beam underneath the house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

konmej

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

kriama ɨmbijen

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kuba ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbi amenagi

phrase my family

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kupenme

noun elder sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kuruput

noun back

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaja amuŋgut

sentence I drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamɨs

noun navel

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manbajma

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

maraŋ

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mauŋ

noun sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [house]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban japakɨn

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban ɨmbijen

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [coconut]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

miŋa aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

miŋa megabugan

sentence do you know me?

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

monaŋgɨn kunduk

monaŋgɨn kunduk

noun; phrase paddle handle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun house posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

nʤɨŋgi

nʤɨŋgi

noun small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pambijes sɨbɨsagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

pambijes ʧɨbɨʧagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

panʤamuŋ

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

puga aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pusumbun

noun local fishing hook made of sago thorn

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samun

noun brain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saun

noun egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suluk mbaŋ

phrase one song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

tiziŋgi

noun (fruit) seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wakɨn

noun snake (pl. snakes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence we didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala wuluŋ ama kulagan

sentence I’m not lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wanʤiŋ

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

waŋjakɨla

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija amenen

phrase my dog

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ŋgruŋgi

noun two eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my [two pigs]

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen

ɨmbijen

noun male pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga asɨn

sentence I killed the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmbijen kamban aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbima

noun female pig, sow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn

adjective middle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧimbua

noun woman’s grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧuluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧuŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨʧɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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