Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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abɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akum

noun women (sg. woman)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunbun mɨnaŋ

akunbun mɨnaŋ

noun; phrase woman’s paddle

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunma jeŋa awt ɨmbijen

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

alanandi

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ

phrase tomorrow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

ama jagasoŋgot ɨmbijen

sentence I see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama wandukogodna o ʧambiogodna

sentence I cut it with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ɨbɨsegan

sentence I’m looking at myself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ambalija

ambalija

noun shell necklace

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenaŋ ʧuluk

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenenme jelme

phrase my wife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenogwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenoka

phrase my [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amɨn

noun food

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

andi

noun ground

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

anduk

noun mouth

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

awaj

noun maternal uncle

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aʧa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

bu wala jɨmbuŋasoŋgot

sentence they didn’t see me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

gluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

guruŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

guruŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

habɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jakwas

noun chickens (sg. chicken)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jam wasako

noun small house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

japaki

phrase greetings

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgopurum

noun meat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelasɨmbaj

jelasɨmbaj

noun flower (generic)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jemgas

noun leg, foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jerɨmasɨnat

noun man

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa megabugan

sentence he knows me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juŋgumban

noun foot

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨbus

noun coconut trees (sg. coconut tree)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbijan

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbɨk

noun mountain

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kaj

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj maraŋ

noun front of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman ɨmbuŋ

noun; phrase bamboo drum

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban megabugan wuruŋ me kulagan

sentence I know that you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kawijaleŋ

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kawinʤit

noun fishes

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

koliori

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kopok

noun sickness

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kosɨgajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

koŋgop

noun ladder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kuban manba

phrase big crocodile

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kuban ɨmbijen

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni ,
Dialect: Konmei

majaŋ

majaŋ

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manbas

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mandimbli

noun bilum bags

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

manʤamaj

proper name Manjamai

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

masɨn

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

mbaŋ wulaŋ

phrase one coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mbej

phrase one [tear]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi wala sa jerɨmbija

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mi wala saŋalaŋa ɨmbijen

sentence don’t give me the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi wala ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

miŋa aŋat ɨmbijen

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mongol baŋ

numeral six

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mundakana

adjective many

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

nʤɨn

nʤɨn

noun small fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panʤamoŋ

panʤamoŋ

noun small stool

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

sakuri mban

phrase one sakuri catfish

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

samun

noun brain

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

saun

noun egret

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgalibi

noun headhunting stones

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

saŋgrialɨpalaj

noun sitting veranda

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

suam bunija

numeral ten

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbus

sumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨkɨs

sɨkɨs

noun sago pulp

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨkɨt

sɨkɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmasɨm

noun sago palm

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨmasɨm amenagwa

phrase my sago palm

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sɨmbluk

sɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

tɨzɨngi

noun teeth (sg. tooth)

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

wala kambentoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

wambun

wambun

noun sago flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wambun

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wasakɨndaj

noun younger sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wasan amenen

phrase my son

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wi

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wusiŋ

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨbɨselaŋa

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmalija

noun river

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jɨmbi aŋat

sentence they gave the pig to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambunas

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧumbus

ʧumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumɨngoŋ

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨbi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

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