Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

akunma koŋgijakɨnma

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunmemne

phrase to the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama kajag klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

sentence I don’t have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama klibaj ɨndɨgen ɨmbijen

sentence I have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wala jagasoŋgot

sentence I don’t see

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambalija

ambalija

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagɨn

phrase my X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagɨn mbej kaj

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki sɨpi

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaŋgi wambiŋgi

phrase my feathers

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenenma kiawi

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenme

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋ klajkɨn

amuŋ klajkɨn

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

anaj

noun father

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

arafundi

proper name Arafundi River

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

awaj

noun uncle

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

awnija

awnija

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

gluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imblum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imuŋga amenaguman

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

isɨn

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jangun meri

noun mosquitos (sg. mosquito)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

japakɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jawi

noun vagina

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelɨm

noun heart

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jipɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbu megabugan

sentence They know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa megabugan

sentence They know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kajak

phrase no

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

karɨm

proper name Karim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kawinʤit

noun fishes

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kaŋgalandi

noun colored feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

klibaj ɨmɨnbam

phrase two ears

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kriama ɨmbijen

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kuba ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuba ɨmbijes

phrase big pigs (sg. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbi

noun children

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupen amenam

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kupenme

noun elder sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kuragan

phrase am, are [lying]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuruput

noun back

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kɨnʤije

noun knotting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamaj

mamaj

noun rock

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamijaŋ

noun daughter, sister

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

meŋ amenen

phrase my husband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mi ʧaman wala kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

miŋa soŋgot

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

monaŋ

monaŋ

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mongol baŋ

numeral six

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundakalaŋ

noun stomach

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

ojɨmɨne

noun sky

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pandawi

pandawi

noun top part of tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨpɨn

noun wind

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

san

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sanʤɨlɨma

noun red flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

saŋgɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sukali

sukali

noun broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suluk mbaŋ

phrase one song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpi

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨsɨŋgi

sɨsɨŋgi

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

undumburinʤaŋ

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala mɨɲɨn

sentence it’s not yours

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi jabagi

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

woŋks

woŋks

proper name Wonks (man’s name)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijan

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen amanagɨn

sentence It’s my pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jagakat

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋakut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmɨnbam

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧapasa

ʧapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumali

noun sun

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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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