Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abulum

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

agunma ɨmbijenme amena jeŋa awigɨt

sentence the woman took the pig from me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akum

noun women (sg. woman)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alisɨn

noun smoke

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ama andaga ʧaŋgwaj kanat ɨmbijen

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

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 place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amblija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenagɨn

phrase my X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenenme jelme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

andukas

noun sago leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun loincloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asaŋala

sentence give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

awan dɨmɨnja

noun men’s headdress

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bagwan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bu jumban soŋgot

sentence they saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

imiɲu

noun coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imuŋga amenaguman

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

imuŋga amenagwa

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jaga awan

sentence I shot X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jambi mundagɨnana

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

janda ɨmbijen

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jelaʧɨmbaj

jelaʧɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimblumman

jimblumman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jokoim

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbuŋa aŋat

sentence they gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban soŋgot

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kandakɨm

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kawi

noun kawi fish, snakehead gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi amenenma

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kiaŋ

noun cough

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klimbaŋ

klimbaŋ

noun beam underneath the house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klipaj

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kopok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kriama ɨmbijen

phrase three pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kupan

adjective elder

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

kupen amenam

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kuput

noun rain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

malaj

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mamaŋ

mamaŋ

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manbas

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbam

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

meŋ amenen

phrase my husband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala saŋalaŋa

sentence don’t give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa megabugan

sentence do you know me?

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

monaŋgɨn kunduk

monaŋgɨn kunduk

noun; phrase paddle handle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mongol baŋ

numeral six

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

nʤɨŋgi klibaj

nʤɨŋgi klibaj

noun; phrase two small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

poguluŋ kiŋasan kasijakan

sentence I’m thirsty

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sanʤɨlɨma

noun red flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgalibi

noun headhunting stones

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

saŋgɨnma

noun girl

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmaliɲa

noun daytime

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨzɨn mbaŋ

phrase one tooth

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wala asa jerɨmbi

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala miŋa aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence you didn’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala wuluŋ ama kulagan

sentence I’m not lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wapuk

noun boy

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wasan

noun boy, son

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

waɲa

noun knife

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

wi jabagi

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuluŋ me kulakan

sentence you are lying to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

ɨmbijen

noun male pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen amanagɨn

sentence It’s my pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga awan

sentence I shot the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me long ago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijes

noun pigs (sg. pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambijaŋ

noun white body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧaŋgurɨm

phrase ran

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧimbua

noun woman’s grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨmbluk

ʧɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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