Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

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

akaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

akunma jeŋa awt ɨmbijen

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ jaga ʧaŋgwajkit ɨmbijen

sentence tomorrow I will see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

alum

noun skin

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ama wandukogodna jaga ajglavan juwan ʧambɨgna

sentence I cut the tree with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨʧegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amblija

noun firewood

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenaŋgli

phrase my two X

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amuŋ

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

amuŋ klajkɨn

amuŋ klajkɨn

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

andi

andi

noun clay for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

asa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

awi amenagi

phrase my fire

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

aʧa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

guruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

habɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

imbles

noun leaves (sg. leaf)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imblum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

imbunaŋalɨɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

imuŋga amenagwa

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jangun meri

noun mosquitos (sg. mosquito)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jawi

noun vagina

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jelamakɨs

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelma

noun wife (pl. wives)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jelɨm

noun heart

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jemkasɨn

noun foot

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jepen

phrase thank you

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jup

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

juŋgumban

noun foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbi ɲɨmbɨt

phrase one sago pulp basket

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbijan

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbuŋ

noun small drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbuŋa megabugan

sentence They know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jɨmbɨk

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj amenagi

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

kaj kubaj

phrase big canoe

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

kamdaŋ

noun fish carrying basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanapaŋ

noun head

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kanbat

kanbat

noun pig spears

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanben

kanben

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kapus

kapus

noun kapus vegetable

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

karawari

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

konmej imuŋga

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kopok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kosɨgajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

koŋgo

noun stairs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuruput

noun back

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malo

noun male loin cloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamɨs

noun navel

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mamɨɲɨŋ

noun tongue

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manban joŋ

noun crocodile egg

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mandɨm

mandɨm

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

maraŋ

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbakambaŋʧoŋgot

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaman jam

phrase one house

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi ʧaman wala kurijaraŋa

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mikajgam

phrase hey you just walking around

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundakalaŋ

noun stomach

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

mɨnda ɨmbijen

phrase that pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mʤakaj jambugan malajmne

sentence canoe is on the river

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ojɨmɨne

noun sky

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pandukoŋgon

pandukoŋgon

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panmari koŋgijakɨn

phrase tall man

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

punʤuŋ

punʤuŋ

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saklija

saklija

noun stakes holding sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sakuri mban

phrase one sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbun

sumbun

noun cloud or sky (pl. clouds)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

suŋgwiʤilijen

noun star (pl. stars)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨkɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨm

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpi

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨzɨngi

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmari

tisɨn

noun (fruit) seed

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wakɨndi

noun snakes (sg. snake)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wambis

wambis

noun salt container

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambiŋgi

wambiŋgi

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wandisɨlɨm

noun small tool for making canoes

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

noun boy

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wija amenen

phrase my dog

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wuruŋ

adjective fake, false, lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me long ago

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen ŋgwaruŋgri

phrase my pigs (sg. my pig)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧejpa

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨmbaŋ

noun fish scoop basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧɨʧɨn

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

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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