Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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(juwan) alɨm

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

abaga

sentence come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunara

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

alamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ama ipona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambrija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki sɨpi

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen meŋ

phrase my husband

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

anduk

noun mouth

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

aranandi

noun red body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asaj ama ʧɨpi

sentence Mother give me a pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi amenagi

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

aʧa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ba pan kajak

phrase no way

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bagwan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bapankaj

phrase never

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imiɲu

noun coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imuŋga amenagwa

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jaka megabugan

sentence I know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

japakɨn

noun white man (pl. white men)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral five

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelabagɨm

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelusɨmbaj

jelusɨmbaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jipɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

juwan

noun tree (pl. trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juwaɲe

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbɨk

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalabagum

kalabagum

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kalapakɨm

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kanabaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

kiawi mbenme amenenme

phrase my one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kribaj

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kupa ɨmbijen

noun pig tusk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuragan

phrase am, are [lying]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kɨnʤije

noun knotting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

majaŋ

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaja amuŋgut

sentence I drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

man jam

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manban maraŋ

manban maraŋ

noun; phrase crocodile prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

maraŋ

maraŋ

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaŋ wulaŋ

phrase one coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mesamden

noun tongue

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

miŋa megabugan

sentence do you know me?

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mongol baŋ

numeral six

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundakana

adjective many

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundupa

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun house posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨndau saŋgɨnat malajmne mɨndi ɨmugoraboran

sentence boys are swimming in the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mɨɲokwa

phrase your [house]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

nʤɨn

nʤɨn

noun fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbun monaŋ

pajnbun monaŋ

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pambaŋ

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

poguluŋ kiŋasan kasijakan

sentence I’m thirsty

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for digging up grass

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sakuri

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

salukuli

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samun

noun brain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

sandambɨnmɨndɨs ʧɨndi

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sapasa

sapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

suam

numeral four

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨm

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpan nambiŋ

sɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

usim

noun sweat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala asa jerɨmbi

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala miŋa megabugan

sentence you don’t know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandusɨlɨm

wandusɨlɨm

noun adze for making canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasakɨndaj

noun younger sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija amenen

phrase my dog

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wijes

noun dogs (sg. dog)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ŋgluŋ mbaŋ

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmalija

noun river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijan

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me long ago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijes

noun pigs (sg. pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

ɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧamuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧaŋgurɨm

phrase ran

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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