Yokoim English

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence the woman took the pig from me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase hello

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I can see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun firewood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my name is

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my feathers

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my husband

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

proper name Aunda

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sugarcane which grows by river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun river bank

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun chicken

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase this pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun meat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun fish trap basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I will give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun tears

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence we saw you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun elbow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence They know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase big canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun house post

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cloud or sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun kawi fish, snakehead gobifish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase two ears

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

numeral three

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

adjective elder

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun rain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun crocodile egg

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun crocodile head

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you will give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

numeral seven

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence canoe is on the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral four

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun bone

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun spider

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun red flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

numeral four

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun urine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one tooth

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun snakes (sg. snake)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun son

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

proper name Wonks (man’s name)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun woman’s grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari