Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agum

noun back

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunmɨn manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

alanandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambalija

ambalija

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambrija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki sɨpi

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenakɨn jelabagɨn

phrase my ear

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaŋgi wambiŋgi

phrase my feathers

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenenme

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

anaj

noun father

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

apɨnʤɨmbɨlɨm

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asaŋala

sentence give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

bagwan kajak

sentence you will never get it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

baŋ

numeral one

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

bu wala jɨmbuŋasoŋgot

sentence they didn’t see me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jaga awigɨt ɨmbijen akunmemne

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jambi

noun houses (sg. house)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgri

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral five

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri klibaj

numeral ten

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgun

noun mosquito (pl. mosquitos)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelabagɨm

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelabagɨms

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelmasɨnma

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmɨndi

noun wives (sg. wife)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelɨsembaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jerɨmasɨnat

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awiŋ

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

juwaɲe

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klaigɨn

adjective dried [fish]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

klasa

klasa

noun stick for stirring pot

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

koliori

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kosɨgajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

koŋgop

noun ladder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kundiman

proper name Kundiman

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kupaj

adjective big

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kupen amenen

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kɨnʤije

noun knotting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaj

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

malaŋapa

noun firewood basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamijaŋ

noun daughter, sister

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

manbajma

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

manban kanabaŋ

noun crocodile head

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun braided rope usied for climbing coconut tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam aliŋgɨm

phrase one arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbej

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi wala asa ʧaŋgolaŋa

sentence don’t look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi wala saŋalaŋa

sentence don’t give to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you saw us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mɨɲen kuben ɨmbijen

phrase my big pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

nʤɨŋ

nʤɨŋ

noun small fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamun tisin

pamun tisin

noun; phrase fruit fed to fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panda

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pandukoŋgon

pandukoŋgon

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samun

noun brain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samɨn

numeral three

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suput

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suŋgwiʤilijen

noun star (pl. stars)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suŋgwiʤilim

noun stars (sg. star)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨm amenagwa

phrase my sago palm

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ulupambani

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wakɨn

noun snake (pl. snakes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wakɨndi

noun snakes (sg. snake)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wala kambentoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala mɨɲɨn

sentence it’s not yours

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambun

wambun

noun sago flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wandisɨlɨm

noun small tool for making canoes

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun younger brother

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

waɲa

noun knife

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

wi

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wija amenen

phrase my dog

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wuruŋ

adjective fake, false, lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen amenagɨn

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen asaŋala

sentence give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaka aŋat akunmemne

sentence I gave the pig to the woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋagut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me long ago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbuŋ

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧaruguri

noun fish arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbun

ʧumbun

noun clouds (sg. cloud)

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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