Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun back

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun fish hook

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I want to see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my knife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun mother

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun maternal uncle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun river

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I shot X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun heart

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase ladder leading up to house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun foot

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun nose

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun knee

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase no

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun long sticks

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

numeral three

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase my family

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun pig tusk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun back

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun firewood basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun younger sister

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence (you) tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral ten

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

numeral seven

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

adjective many

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence you saw us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I saw them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

numeral four

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cloud or sky (pl. clouds)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my sago palm

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I’m not hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I’m lying to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my [two pigs]

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun; phrase fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

adjective middle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hole money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari