Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agorim

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunare

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

agunma ɨmbijenme amena jeŋa awigɨt

sentence the woman took the pig from me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aj

phrase hello

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama klibaj ɨndɨgen ɨmbijen

sentence I have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amblija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen meŋ

phrase my husband

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenen wija

phrase my dog

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenme

phrase my [mother]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

andukas

noun sago leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

arafundi

proper name Arafundi River

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

asaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

baŋ

numeral one

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

halamandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jabagɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaga awan

sentence I shot X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jakwan

noun chicken (pl. chickens)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

janda kuben ɨmbijen

phrase this big pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jaŋgri

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jelasɨmbaj

jelasɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelmasɨnma

noun woman (pl. women)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelɨsembaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbɨk

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj mbej amenagɨn

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kamban soŋgot

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kawinʤit

noun fishes

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

klibaj ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kobok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kondugɨn kaj

kondugɨn kaj

noun; phrase back of canoe, woman’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

kosɨkajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuban manba

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuput

noun rain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

malaj

malaj

noun river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mamakɨn

mamakɨn

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manban kanabaŋ

noun crocodile head

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam aliŋgɨm

phrase one arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman jɨp

phrase one coconut tree

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban japakɨn

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi abaga pambaŋ asaŋala

sentence come here and give me the bow (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala sa jerɨmbija

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi ɨbɨʧela

sentence look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa soŋgot

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mongol klibaj

numeral seven

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mundi

noun feces

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

munduba

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundupa

mundupa

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨnda amenagɨn

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamun tisin

pamun tisin

noun; phrase fruit fed to fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

poguluŋ kiŋasan kasijakan

sentence I’m thirsty

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

puga aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

punʤa megabugan

sentence we know them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saklija

saklija

noun stakes holding sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

sanbo

noun black and white pig

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgɨnma

noun girl

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

suam

numeral five

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

suput

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgriŋ

noun sago waste pulp

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmbat

noun jungle

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨndi

noun urine

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨsɨŋgi

sɨsɨŋgi

noun fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

usapi

usapi

noun flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala jemɨn megabugan

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala mɨndi kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wala mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wali

noun wind

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambun

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wandikakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wanʤiŋ

noun leaf costume

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasan amenen

phrase my son

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

waɲa

noun knife

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

wi

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijan

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen

ɨmbijen

noun male pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jagakat

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

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

ɨmbuŋ

ɨmbuŋ

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

ʧambwiŋ ɨmblum

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumɨngoŋ

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨbi amenaki

phrase my sago pancake

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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