Yokoim English

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun; phrase woman’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence the woman took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I don’t want it, don’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun firewood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase this big pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase many mosquitos

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

adjective white

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun white man (pl. white men)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun wives (sg. wife)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase ladder leading up to house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence he knows me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun drum stick

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun coconut tree (pl. coconut trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase big canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

adjective dried [fish]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun back

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

proper name Kundiman

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun elder brother

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun log tie

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence (you) tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase greetings

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective red

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence we know them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

numeral four

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun spider

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase spider web

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun day

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fungus

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun all black pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence we didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence you don’t know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun knee

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sun

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut shell dish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari