Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun fish hook

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence today I saw the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun arrow

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I don’t see

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun place where drum is hit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase took the pig from me yesterday

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I shot X

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun houses (sg. house)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun meat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun ear (pl. ears)

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun wife (pl. wives)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase thank you

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut leaf

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun knee

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun trees (sg. tree)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun sago (pulp) basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun drum

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fish carrying basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase headache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun roof

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun organ

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago bark

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

proper name Konmei

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

numeral two

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fence

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun flying fox (pl. flying foxes)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun log tie

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tongue

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one man

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase greetings

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence you saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral seven

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

numeral eight

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence boys are swimming in the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence canoe is on the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun; phrase men’s paddle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun leg

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun top part of tool for pounding sago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective red

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun stakes holding sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun sweat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun snake (pl. snakes)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun adze for making canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun boy

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun boy, son

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [two pigs]

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun male pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun knee

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase pandanus fruit

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman