Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

alanandi

noun red body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋ jaga ʧaŋgwajkit ɨmbijen

sentence tomorrow I will see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama jagasoŋgot ɨmbijen

sentence I see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama pambaŋ asaŋala

sentence give the bow to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wala jagasoŋgot

sentence I don’t see

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amburija

noun broken wood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagi wi

phrase my name is

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amenagɨn mbej kaj

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaki kaj

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenakɨn ulaŋ

phrase my coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋ klajkɨn

amuŋ klajkɨn

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amuŋgut

sentence I want to drink

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amɨn

noun food

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

andi

andi

noun clay for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

apman

apman

noun roof posts

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

arafundi

proper name Arafundi River

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ariŋ jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aruk

noun grandmother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

asa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

asaj

asaj

noun virgin mary [mother]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awa

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

awi

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ba pan kajakan

sentence there is nothing at all

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bapankaj

phrase never

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

bu jumban soŋgot

sentence they saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

bu wala jɨmbuŋasoŋgot

sentence they didn’t see me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

hamuŋ

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

jakasɨkɨn

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jam amenagwa

phrase my house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

japakɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jelabagɨm

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelusɨmbaj

jelusɨmbaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelɨm

noun heart

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jelɨsembaj

noun hibiscus flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jes

noun tears

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awiŋ

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa awiŋ ɨmbijen

phrase took the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jokoim

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbi

jɨmbi

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋ

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj maraŋ

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kalis

kalis

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman ɨmbuŋ

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase small bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanben

kanben

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

klibaj ɨmɨnbam

phrase two ears

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

konmej

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

koŋgop

noun ladder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kribaj

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kuba ɨmbijes

phrase big pigs (sg. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuluŋ

noun fence

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

man jam

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

maraŋgɨn kaj

maraŋgɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun braided rope usied for climbing coconut tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maŋdat

maŋdat

noun rope holding house beams together

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi abaga

sentence (you) come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi maj jerɨmbijalaŋa

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol kliama

numeral eight

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

mʤakaj jambugan malajmne

sentence canoe is on the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ojɨmɨne

noun sky

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pambijes sɨbɨsagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

pambijes ʧɨbɨʧagumas

phrase short men

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

pamun tisin

pamun tisin

noun; phrase fruit fed to fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pamuŋ

noun leg

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

pandigɨm

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sapasa

sapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saun

noun egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suam

numeral five

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

suluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋ

sɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

sɨpan nambiŋgɨn sɨsɨŋgi

noun; phrase pandanus fruit seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala jemɨn megabugan

sentence he does not know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa megabugan

sentence you don’t know me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala miŋa soŋgot

sentence you didn’t see me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambun

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wandusɨlɨm

wandusɨlɨm

noun adze for making canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

waŋgun

waŋgun

noun drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi

noun night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wija

noun dog (pl. dogs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wija mben

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuruŋ

sentence you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ŋgluŋ mbaŋ

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen jagakat

sentence I spear(ed) the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambun

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

ʧanʤɨlɨman usapi

noun; phrase flame of the forest flower

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨbi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧɨpan nambiŋ

ʧɨpan nambiŋ

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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