Yokoim English

noun; phrase woman’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I didn’t see them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my ear

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun food

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun father

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun red body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun vagina

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun egg (pl. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun tree (pl. trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence we saw you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun drum

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun three-pronged fish spear

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cloud or sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun vegetable (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun back

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

adjective big

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun elder sister

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun elder brother

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun; phrase costume hat

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one [coconut]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun husband

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you will give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase paddle handle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective many

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun neck

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fishing rod

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun wind

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun day

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmari

noun; phrase coconut

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I’m not lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun small tool for making canoes

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun boy

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I shot the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun pigs (sg. pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun moon

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari