Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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(juwan) alɨm

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ablum

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

abulum

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agaj

noun grandmother

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunma

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alanandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambalija

ambalija

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambrija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenme

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

anʤaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asaj

asaj

noun virgin mary [mother]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

awan dɨmɨnja

noun men’s headdress

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ba panbi

adjective very true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bagwan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

gluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

guruŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

isɨn malaj

noun; phrase liquid local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jabagɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaga awigɨt ɨmbijen akunmemne

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

japakɨn

noun white man (pl. white men)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jauŋ

noun meat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelamakɨs

jelamakɨs

noun musical seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelme amenenme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

jenʤa

jenʤa

noun sleeping mat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awiŋ

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jibɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jokoim

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jubamba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbuŋ

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa megabugan

sentence They know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨnʤa megabugan

sentence we know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj amenaki

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kalabagum

kalabagum

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kalapakɨm

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban soŋgot

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamoŋ

noun long stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kumbi amenagi

phrase my family

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mandɨm

mandɨm

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

masɨn

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman jɨp

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban ɨmbijen

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [coconut]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi abaga

sentence (you) come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mikajgam aj mikajgam

phrase greetings

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundi

noun feces

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

munduba

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

muŋgoŋgon uli

muŋgoŋgon uli

noun; phrase hole in ground for house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨɲen kuben ɨmbijen

phrase my big pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

pamuŋgri

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

panda

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pawijakɨn

adjective red

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

salukuli

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samun

noun brain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

samɨn

numeral four

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sanbo

noun black and white pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sandambɨnmɨndɨs sɨndi

sandambɨnmɨndɨs sɨndi

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sisɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suam

numeral four

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suŋgwiʤilim

noun stars (sg. star)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨkɨt

sɨkɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmasɨnmɨn punʤuŋ

sɨmasɨnmɨn punʤuŋ

noun; phrase sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulupambani

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambiŋgi

wambiŋgi

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wambrumas

proper name Wambrumas

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wapus

wapus

noun feathers

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasan amenen

phrase my son

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wuruŋ

adjective fake, false, lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wusiŋ

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ŋgluŋ mbaŋ

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen kamban aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen minavwasɨt ɨmuŋgan

sentence the pig came out from the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen mɨn muŋgaj ʧɨvwasɨt ʧaŋgurɨm bɨnaŋ

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen puka aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamuŋgun klat

noun; phrase stomach ache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧaruguri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧimbua

noun woman’s grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨmbluk

ʧɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨpan nambiŋ

ʧɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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