Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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(juwan) alɨm

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akunmemne

phrase to the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amenen wija

phrase my dog

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

angam

angam

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

anʤaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

asaŋala

sentence give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

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

bu wala jɨmbuŋasoŋgot

sentence they didn’t see me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

guruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imblum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

isɨn

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jaga awan

sentence I shot X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jawi

noun vagina

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelabagɨm

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelamakɨs

jelamakɨs

noun musical seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmasɨnma

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemgas

noun leg, foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jemkasɨn

noun foot

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jenʤa

jenʤa

noun sleeping mat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awiŋ

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa aŋagut ɨmbijen (ja)amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jipɨn

noun nose

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

joŋwi

noun eggs (sg. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

juŋguluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence we saw you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj maraŋ

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj mbej amenagɨn

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kalapakɨm

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman ɨmbuŋ

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamoŋgli

noun long sticks

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kiawi amenenma

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kiawi mbenme amenenme

phrase my one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

konmej

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

kribaj

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kuban manba

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kumbi

noun children

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

kuragan

phrase am, are [lying]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mamakɨn

mamakɨn

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manban joŋ

noun crocodile egg

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mandɨm

mandɨm

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

masɨn

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbakambaŋʧoŋgot

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam aliŋgɨm

phrase one arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman jam

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbanma manbajma

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral nine

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mundi

noun feces

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mundupa

mundupa

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbun monaŋ

pajnbun monaŋ

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pambijes sɨbɨsagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

pambijes ʧɨbɨʧagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

panbi

adjective true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panda

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pandawi

pandawi

noun top part of tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panʤamoŋ

panʤamoŋ

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

poguluŋ kiŋasan kasijakan

sentence I’m thirsty

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pukuruŋ

noun neck

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

pusumbun

pusumbun

noun fishing rod

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

saŋgɨnma

noun girl

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sumankondim

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgriŋ

noun sago waste pulp

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmaliɲa

noun daytime

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmbluk

sɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

tisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulaŋ mamakɨn

ulaŋ mamakɨn

noun; phrase rotten coconut

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wabus

noun hair

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wambrumas

proper name Wambrumas

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wambun

wambun

noun sago flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wanʤiŋ

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wasabo

noun son

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wi japaki

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

wija mben

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wijes

noun dogs (sg. dog)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen minavwasɨt ɨmuŋgan

sentence the pig came out from the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋat

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen puka aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambijaŋ

noun body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧambun

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn kaj

ʧamɨn kaj

noun; phrase middle of canoe, children’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbus

ʧumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨsɨngisɨm

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson, K. David Harrison and Madeleine Booth. (2014)
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