Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

akulak

akulak

noun fish hook

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma jeŋa awt ɨmbijen

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

aliŋgɨm

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I see myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amblija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

anduk

noun mouth

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

asaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awaj

noun maternal uncle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

noun head ornament

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awan dɨmɨnja

awan dɨmɨnja

noun men’s headdress

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

baŋ

numeral one

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

guruŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

halamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

inmasɨnma

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jabagɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jelamakɨs

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelusɨmbaj

jelusɨmbaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jenʤa

jenʤa

noun sleeping mat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awiŋ aliŋ

phrase took from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awt ɨmbijen agunma

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

joŋwi

noun eggs (sg. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jɨbus

noun coconut trees (sg. coconut tree)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa aŋat

sentence they gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa megabugan

sentence They know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbɨk

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kaman ɨmbuŋ

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambukumbi

kambukumbi

noun cloud or sky

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kamoŋgli

noun long sticks

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanabaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

kanapaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kaŋgalandi

noun colored feathers

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

kobok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kosɨgajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

koŋgijerɨn mas

phrase many tall men

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kɨnʤim

kɨnʤim

noun lashing connecting house poles

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manba mban

phrase one crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

maraŋ

maraŋ

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

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 rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbej kaj

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi wala asa ʧaŋgolaŋa

sentence don’t look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi wala ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mongol ʧuam

numeral ten

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

nʤɨŋ

nʤɨŋ

noun small fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pajnbun monaŋ

pajnbun monaŋ

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamun tisin

pamun tisin

noun; phrase fruit fed to fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamuŋ

noun leg

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panʤamoŋ

panʤamoŋ

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panʤamuŋ

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

puga aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨnaŋ

pɨnaŋ

noun tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pɨɲɨn

noun toe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samɨn

numeral three

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumankondim

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmaliɲa

noun daytime

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence you didn’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

walɨm

walɨm

noun clay bowl

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambiŋ

wambiŋ

noun feather (pl. feathers)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambun

wambun

noun sago flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wi

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wija mben

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

woŋks

woŋks

proper name Wonks (man’s name)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgruŋgi

noun two eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋguruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmalija

noun river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbejma

noun female pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen amanagɨn

sentence It’s my pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbima

noun female pig, sow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbuŋ

ɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧam

ʧam

noun seating platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨma

ʧanʤɨlɨma

noun flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbus

ʧumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨmbluk

ʧɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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