Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abaga

sentence come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

abulum

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

agaj

noun grandmother

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunmemne

phrase to the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

alamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

alisɨn

noun smoke

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ama andaga ʧaŋgwaj kanat ɨmbijen

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ipona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama pambaŋ asaŋala

sentence give the bow to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wala jagasoŋgot

sentence I don’t see

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wala jagasoŋgot ɨmbijen

sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenaŋgli

phrase my two X

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

asaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajakan

sentence there is nothing at all

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba panbi

adjective very true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imuŋga amenagwa

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

iʧɨn

noun river bank

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jabagɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaga awigɨt ɨmbijen akunmemne

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jakasɨkɨn

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

janda ɨmbijen

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

japakɨn

noun white man (pl. white men)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelusɨmbaj

jelusɨmbaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelɨsembaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemgas

jemgas

noun feet

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jes

noun tears

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimblumman

jimblumman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jubamba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

juwana ama ajglavat

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

juwaɲe

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbi ɲɨmbɨt

phrase one sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbunjun

noun elbow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa megabugan

sentence They know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbɨk

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kabaŋ

kabaŋ

noun three-pronged fish spear

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj amenagi

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

kalis

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanabaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

karawari

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

karɨm

proper name Karim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

koŋgijerɨn mas

phrase many tall men

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kriama

numeral three

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kupa ɨmbijen

noun pig tusk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mandɨm

mandɨm

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

maraŋ

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

masɨn wasakɨn

noun younger brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mauŋ

noun sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbam aliŋgɨm

phrase one arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban ɨmbijen

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbej kaj

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

men puŋmegabugan

sentence he knows them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi asas ʧaŋgola

sentence look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

miŋa megabugan

sentence do you know me?

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa soŋgot

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mongol baŋ

numeral six

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundi

noun feces

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundupa

mundupa

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨndau saŋgɨnat malajmne mɨndi ɨmugoraboran

sentence boys are swimming in the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mɨɲokwa

phrase your [house]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

nʤɨŋgi

nʤɨŋgi

noun small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panmari koŋgijakɨn

phrase tall man

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sarukuri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suam bunija

numeral ten

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbun

sumbun

noun cloud or sky (pl. clouds)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ulupambani

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence we didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala miŋa aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence you didn’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala mɨndi kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambiŋgi

wambiŋgi

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija mben

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuluŋ me kulakan

sentence you are lying to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgluŋ mbaŋ

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ŋguruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbejma

noun female pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen amenagɨn

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jeŋa awiŋ ariŋ

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

ʧambunas

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧamuŋgun klat

noun; phrase stomach ache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧan

noun bone

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧuluk amenaŋ

phrase my 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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