Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun smoke

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I didn’t see them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I cut the tree with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my name is

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence there is nothing at all

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase never

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun river bank

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun tobacco

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase many mosquitos

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun white man (pl. white men)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I will give the pig to you

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 coconut leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun elbow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun; phrase headache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun beam underneath the house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun stairs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun younger sister

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you will give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase greetings

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence do you know me?

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

numeral seven

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun stomach

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun man’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I saw them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun slippy gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun white egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun girl

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun day

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun snake (pl. snakes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence you didn’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun two eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun female pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence we gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun star (pl. stars)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman