Yokoim Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 100 entries

abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

aj

phrase hello

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunme

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

ama jagasoŋgot ɨmbijen

sentence I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagi wi

phrase my name is

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amenaki sɨpi

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki ɨmbi ɲɨmbɨt

phrase my sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaŋ ʧuluk

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenogwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

anʤaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apruŋgi

apruŋgi

noun decorative crocodile scars

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

asaj ama ʧɨpi

sentence Mother give me a pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

awi amenagi

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ba pan kajakan

sentence there is nothing at all

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

gluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

imalija

imalija

noun river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

isɨn malaj

noun; phrase liquid local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri klibaj

numeral ten

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgun

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelapakɨm

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmasɨnma

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelme amenenme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

jelmɨndi

noun wives (sg. wife)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jibɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jipɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jokoim

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

juŋguluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj amenaki

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kamban megabugan wuruŋ me kulagan

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanapaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kanben

kanben

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

klimbaŋ

klimbaŋ

noun beam underneath the house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

koliori

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kondukɨn kaj

kondukɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

koŋgo

noun stairs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kundiman

proper name Kundiman

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kuput

noun rain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

majaŋ

majaŋ

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj ama amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamakɨn

mamakɨn

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manʤamaj

proper name Manjamai

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

masɨn

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

masɨn wasakɨn

noun younger brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman jam

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbanma manbajma

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mesamden

noun tongue

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mi wala sa jerɨmbija

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala saŋalaŋa ɨmbijen

sentence don’t give me the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨnda ɨmbijen

phrase that pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mɨɲen kuben ɨmbijen

phrase my big pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mɨɲokwa

phrase your [house]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pambaŋ

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pusumbun

noun local fishing hook made of sago thorn

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨpɨn

noun wind

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sakuri

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sam

sam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samburuŋ

noun part black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suluk mbaŋ

phrase one song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨndi

noun urine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpan nambiŋ

sɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨsɨŋgi

sɨsɨŋgi

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

tisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala kamban megabugan

sentence I don’t know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m not hungry

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

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambiŋgi

wambiŋgi

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wandukakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wapus

wapus

noun feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasan

noun boy, son

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

waŋjakɨla

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wi jabagi

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wi japaki

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ŋguruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga awan

sentence I shot the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jagakat

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa agan

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambunas

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧamɨn

adjective middle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧaŋgurɨm

phrase ran

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧena

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧimbua

noun woman’s grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧumali

noun sun

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨʧɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

About the Dictionary

There are currently 768 entries, 767 audio files, and 136 images.

All content copyright © Yokoim community. (2014)
Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson, K. David Harrison and Madeleine Booth. (2014)
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., K. David Harrison, and Madeleine Booth. 2014. Yokoim Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/yokoim

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

Supported by