Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

akum

noun women (sg. woman)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunma jeŋa awiŋ

phrase the woman took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunmɨn manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

alanandi

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ jaga ʧaŋgwajkit ɨmbijen

sentence tomorrow I will see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋgɨm

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ipona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amblija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki ɨmbi ɲɨmbɨt

phrase my sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaŋgli

phrase my two X

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amenen

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenen meŋ

phrase my husband

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenme jelme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenogwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amuŋ klajkɨn

amuŋ klajkɨn

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awaj

noun uncle

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi amenagi

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

halamnandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imbles

noun leaves (sg. leaf)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaka megabugan

sentence I know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelabagɨm

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemben aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jibisapa

noun coconut leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jibɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimblumman

jimblumman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

joŋ

noun egg (pl. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence we saw you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbu megabugan

sentence They know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj mbej

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I give you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamoŋ

noun long stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kawi

noun kawi fish, snakehead gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaŋgalandi

noun colored feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kondukɨn kaj

kondukɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

konmej

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

kosɨgajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

malaj

malaj

noun river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mamakɨn

mamakɨn

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manba mban

phrase one crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman jam

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [coconut]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbej

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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

mikajgam aj mikajgam

phrase greetings

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

miŋa soŋgot

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mongol klibaj

numeral seven

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral eight

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mongol ʧuam

numeral nine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

nʤɨŋgi

nʤɨŋgi

noun small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

pajnbɨn mɨnaŋ

noun man’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pandɨŋ

pandɨŋ

noun tongs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pukuruŋ

noun neck

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

punʤa megabugan

sentence we know them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pusumbun

noun local fishing hook made of sago thorn

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sakuri

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

salukuli

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

san

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sarukuri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumboka

sumboka

noun grass skirt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmasɨm amenagwa

phrase my sago palm

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ulupambani

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala kamban megabugan

sentence I don’t know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

walɨm

walɨm

noun bowl for putting sago in

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wi

noun night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija

wija

noun dog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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 asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa agan

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧan

noun bone

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧanʤɨlɨma

ʧanʤɨlɨma

noun flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧuluk amenaŋ

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧumankondim

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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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