Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abijumba

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

agorim

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunme

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ama ibona wala asaŋalaŋa

sentence I don’t want it, don’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ipona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambisɨpi

ambisɨpi

noun cockscomb

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenakɨn ulaŋ

phrase my coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

anduk

noun mouth

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

angam

angam

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

awaj

noun uncle

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

awi

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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

imiɲu

noun coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jabagɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jakasɨkɨn

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jakwas

noun chickens (sg. chicken)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jam

jam

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jam wasako

noun small house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

japakɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

japakɨn

adjective white

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jelma

noun wife (pl. wives)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemdaŋ

noun finger

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jemkasɨn

noun foot

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awiŋ aliŋ

phrase took from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awt ɨmbijen agunma

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa megabugan

sentence he knows me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juŋgumban

noun foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kalambaŋdija

kalambaŋdija

noun house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman ɨmbuŋ

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamaŋ

noun bamboo [drum]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanben

kanben

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kobok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kondugɨn kaj

kondugɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

kosɨgajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kriama

numeral three

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kriama ɨmbijen

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kuba ɨmbijes

phrase big pigs (sg. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kupen amenam

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kusɨkaj

noun day

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kɨnda awaŋgamuŋ

noun; phrase costume hat

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

malaja amuŋgut

sentence I drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamɨɲɨŋ

noun tongue

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manban joŋ

noun crocodile egg

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

manban kanabaŋ

noun crocodile head

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbakambaŋʧoŋgot

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban ɨmbijen

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi abaga

sentence (you) come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi aʧa jerɨmbi

sentence (you) tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala asa ʧaŋgolaŋa

sentence don’t look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi ɨbɨʧela

sentence look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mongol klibaj

numeral seven

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol ʧuam

numeral nine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

muŋgoŋgon uli

muŋgoŋgon uli

noun; phrase hole in ground for house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨndau saŋgɨnat malajmne mɨndi ɨmugoraboran

sentence boys are swimming in the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ojɨmɨne

noun sky

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pambaŋ

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pawijakɨn

adjective red

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

pɨniŋgi

noun heel, tendon

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

sambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

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

sɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmaliɲa

noun daytime

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨm

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmbat

noun jungle

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨzɨngi

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmari

ulupambani

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wakɨndi

noun snakes (sg. snake)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala mɨndi kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambiŋ

wambiŋ

noun feather (pl. feathers)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandisɨlɨm

noun small tool for making canoes

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandusɨlɨm

wandusɨlɨm

noun adze for making canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasan amenen

phrase my son

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

waŋjakɨla

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wi

noun night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija mben

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wusiŋ

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbejma

noun female pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmbijen miŋa agan

sentence I gave the pig to you

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

ɨmɨnjoŋ

ɨmɨnjoŋ

noun coconut seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧam

ʧam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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