Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunare

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

agunma ɨmbijenme amena jeŋa awigɨt

sentence the woman took the pig from me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aj

phrase hello

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunme

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alanandi

noun red body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

ama andaga ʧaŋgwaj kanat ɨmbijen

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama pambaŋ asaŋala

sentence give the bow to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagɨn

phrase my X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenaki kaj

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenakɨn jelabagɨn

phrase my ear

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen guluŋ

phrase my eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenme

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

andi

andi

noun clay for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

andukas

noun sago leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

arijagwa

noun arrow

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
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

guruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

guruŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jelamakɨs

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemdaŋ

noun finger

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jokoim

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

juwan

noun tree (pl. trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juwana ama ajglavat

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

juwaɲe

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

juŋguluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbu megabugan

sentence They know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa aŋat

sentence they gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj mbej amenagɨn

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kalis

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan ɨmbijen

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanapaŋgɨn klat

noun; phrase headache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

karɨm

proper name Karim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kawilme

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

klimbaŋ

klimbaŋ

noun beam underneath the house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kosɨgajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbima

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

kupen

noun elder brother

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

mamaŋ

mamaŋ

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manbajma

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban jam

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

men puŋmegabugan

sentence he knows them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mesamden

noun tongue

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi ʧaman wala kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mikajgam aj mikajgam

phrase greetings

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mongol ʧuam

numeral ten

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

pamuŋgri

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

panda

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨniŋgi

noun heel, tendon

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

sarukuri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgalibi

noun headhunting stones

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

suam bunija

numeral ten

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sumboka

sumboka

noun grass skirt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨsɨŋgi

sɨsɨŋgi

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨsɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

tisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulupambani

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wabus

noun hair

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wasabo

noun son

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasan

noun boy, son

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wuruŋ

sentence you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgruŋgi

noun two eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋguruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbejma

noun female pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋakut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbuŋ

ɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambun

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧejpa

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨpan nambiŋ

ʧɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨʧɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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