Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agum

noun back

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunare

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunmemne

phrase to the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

alum

noun skin

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ipona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama wala jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ʧaŋgolari ɨmbijenme

sentence I want to see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenen meŋ

phrase my husband

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andukas

noun sago leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apɨnʤɨmbɨlɨm

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun loincloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asaj ama ʧɨpi

sentence Mother give me a pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

awaj

noun maternal uncle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ba pan kajak

phrase no way

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

habɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

imiɲu

noun coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

inmasɨnma

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

japakɨn

adjective white

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jelamakɨs

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelapakɨm

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelasɨmbaj

jelasɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelɨsembaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig 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

jimbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

juŋgumban

noun foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbu megabugan

sentence They know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj amenaki

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj waʧari

phrase small canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalambaŋdija

kalambaŋdija

noun house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban soŋgot

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kiawi mbenme

phrase one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

klaigɨn

adjective dried [fish]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

klibaj ɨmɨnbam

phrase two ears

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kobok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

koklum

noun sago bark

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

koliori

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kosɨkajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kriama

numeral three

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kupan masɨn

noun elder brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

malaj ama amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malo

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamɨs

noun navel

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manba

noun crocodile (pl. crocodiles)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manba mban

phrase one crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaŋ

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

meŋ amenen

phrase my husband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mi abaga pambaŋ asaŋala

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala asa ʧaŋgolaŋa

sentence don’t look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundakana

adjective many

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

muŋgoŋgi

muŋgoŋgi

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

muŋgoŋgon uli

muŋgoŋgon uli

noun; phrase hole in ground for house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you saw us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ojɨmɨne

noun sky

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pambaŋ

noun bow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamun tisin

pamun tisin

noun; phrase fruit fed to fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panbi

adjective true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pandawi

pandawi

noun top part of tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

puklɨŋ

noun neck

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pukuruŋ

noun neck

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for digging up grass

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sakuri

noun sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samut

noun slippy gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

san

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

saŋgalibi

noun headhunting stones

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbun

sumbun

noun cloud or sky (pl. clouds)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgriŋ

noun sago waste pulp

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨkɨt

sɨkɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmbluk

sɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨŋgi

sɨsɨŋgi

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

tɨzɨngi

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

undumburinʤaŋ

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala jemɨn megabugan

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala mɨndi kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wuruŋ

sentence you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgruŋgi

noun two eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen puka aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbuŋ

ɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧejpa

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧuluk amenaŋ

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧumali

noun sun

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧuŋgwiʤilijen

noun star (pl. stars)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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