Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase woman’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase tomorrow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun food

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun men’s headdress

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun wives (sg. wife)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun tree (pl. trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun canoe

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bamboo

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago bark

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun flying foxes (sg. flying fox)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun lashing connecting house poles

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence (you) tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence don’t look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence do you know me?

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral seven

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun stomach

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence boys are swimming in the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you saw us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence canoe is on the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun heel, tendon

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun girl

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sipan fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hair

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun clay bowl

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun younger brother

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun younger sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun male pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence It’s my pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase ran

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun moon

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun fish scoop basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari