Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abijumba

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

agaj

noun grandmother

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aj

phrase hello

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunma jeŋa awiŋ ariŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunme

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alisɨn

noun smoke

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

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 see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama pambaŋ asaŋala

sentence give the bow to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ambalija

ambalija

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambisɨpi

ambisɨpi

noun cockscomb

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenakɨn jelabagɨn

phrase my ear

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen guluŋ

phrase my eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋ klaikɨn

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aranandi

noun red body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

bu jumban soŋgot

sentence they saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

habɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

jaki

noun tobacco

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jej

noun blood

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

jemdaŋ

noun finger

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jerɨmasɨnat

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jimbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

joŋwi

noun eggs (sg. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juŋguluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

juŋgumban

noun foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbu megabugan

sentence They know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambukumbi

kambukumbi

noun cloud or sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kanapaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kanben

kanben

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kawijaleŋ

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaŋgalandi

noun colored feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaŋgun

kaŋgun

noun vegetable (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klibaj ɨmɨnbam

phrase two ears

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

konmej imuŋga

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kriama ɨmbijen

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kuba ɨmbijes

phrase big pigs (sg. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

mamaj

mamaj

noun rock

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manbajma

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

maraŋawa

maraŋawa

noun basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

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

mban jam

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [coconut]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mejŋ

noun husband

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

mongol klipaj

numeral seven

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral eight

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundakalaŋ

noun stomach

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

pandigɨm

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

poguluŋ kiŋasan kasijakan

sentence I’m thirsty

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨpɨn

noun wind

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

samburuŋ

noun part black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

san

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sapasa

sapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumboka

sumboka

noun grass skirt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmasɨm

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

tiziŋgi

noun (fruit) seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

usim

noun sweat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala jemben aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I didn’t give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala kamban megabugan

sentence I don’t know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence you didn’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandisɨlɨm

noun small tool for making canoes

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandusɨlɨm

wandusɨlɨm

noun adze for making canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun younger brother

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wasan

noun boy, son

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi

noun name

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi japaki

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

wijes

noun dogs (sg. dog)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuluŋ ama kulakan

sentence I’m lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgruŋgi

noun two eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga awan

sentence I shot the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jeŋa awiŋ ariŋ

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋagut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa agan

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen puka aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbuŋ

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambun

noun shoulder

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

ʧumɨnkoŋ

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨmbluk

ʧɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨzɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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