Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase the woman took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase tomorrow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I will give you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun red body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase no way

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun river bank

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun meat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral ten

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun wife (pl. wives)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun fish trap basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun leg, foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sleeping mat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase thank you

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence They know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun three-pronged fish spear

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase small canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun long sticks

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun pig spears

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fishes

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun back

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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 sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun pig tusk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun day

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase costume hat

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun lashing connecting house poles

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun rock

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun younger brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun tongue

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence (you) tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

numeral nine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase your [house]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun top part of tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tongs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun slippy gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase coconut

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you didn’t see us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun son

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase my [two pigs]

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari