Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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(juwan) alɨm

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

agaj

noun grandfather

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agorimbri

noun arms (sg. arm)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

agunma ɨmbijenme amena jeŋa awigɨt

sentence the woman took the pig from me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akulak

akulak

noun fish hook

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma jeŋa awiŋ

phrase the woman took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunma koŋgijakɨnma

phrase tall woman

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

alanandi

noun flower for face painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama wala jɨmbantoŋgot

sentence I didn’t see them

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

amburija

amburija

noun firewood

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

amenagɨn mbej kaj

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

amenokwa

phrase my X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

apɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun loincloth

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aʧa jerɨmbi

sentence tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

bu jumban soŋgot

sentence they saw me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

gluŋ

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

gluŋgi

noun eyes (sg. eye)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imuŋga amenagwa

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jaka megabugan

sentence I know him

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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

jelɨm

noun heart

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa aŋagut ɨmbijen (ja)amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jikɨm

noun basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jimuŋga

noun village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jumbulum

noun leaf (pl. leaves)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

juwana ama ajglavat

sentence I cut the tree

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jɨmbijan

noun pig (pl. pigs)

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jɨmbuja aŋat

sentence they gave to us

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaj

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kaj

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I give you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban aŋan

sentence I will give [the pig] to you now

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban soŋgot

sentence I saw you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kambija amasɨgan

sentence I’m hungry

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanbat

kanbat

noun pig spears

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kanʤilia

noun flooring

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kawilme

phrase one X

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiawi mbenme

phrase one daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

kiaŋ

noun cough

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

koklum

noun sago bark

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

koliori

proper name Karawari

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kolum

kolum

noun window

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kosɨkajn

phrase today

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kupenme

noun elder sister

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

majaŋ

noun banana plant

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

majaŋ

majaŋ

noun banana tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

malaja amuŋgut

sentence I drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamijaŋ wasakɨn

noun younger sister

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

manba

noun crocodile (pl. crocodiles)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

manban maraŋ

manban maraŋ

noun; phrase crocodile prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mariŋgɨn kaj

mariŋgɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbakambaŋsoŋgot

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbaman

phrase one [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mban ɨmbijen

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

men puŋmegabugan

sentence he knows them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mi wala sa jerɨmbija

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

mongol ʧamɨn

numeral eight

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mɨnʤa soŋgot

sentence you saw us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

nʤɨn

nʤɨn

noun fish basket

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

nʤɨŋgi

nʤɨŋgi

noun small fish baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panbi

adjective true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panda

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pandigɨm

noun sago flour basket

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

pandikundi

proper name Pandikundi

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

pandukoŋgon

pandukoŋgon

noun sago pulp baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panʤamoŋ

panʤamoŋ

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

samuŋ

noun belly

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

sawija

noun shell money

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumasɨm

noun sago tree

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sumbus

adjective yellow

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

suŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Augus Kaien ,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨgɨt

sɨgɨt

noun small stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmasɨm amenagwa

phrase my sago palm

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sɨmbluk

sɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

tiziŋgi

noun (fruit) seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wabus

noun hair

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wanʤɨm

noun black palm

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasakɨn

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wi jabagi

phrase good night

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wijes

noun dogs (sg. dog)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wuruŋ

sentence you are lying

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen jaga asɨn

sentence I killed the pig

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋanen

sentence you gave the pig to me already

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen miŋa aŋat

sentence you gave the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɲum

noun knee

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambijaŋ

noun snot

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambuna

noun arm (pl. arms)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧambuna

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn kaj

ʧamɨn kaj

noun; phrase middle of canoe, children’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧapasa

ʧapasa

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧumbus

ʧumbus

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧuŋgwi

noun moon

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨzɨŋgɨs klat

noun; phrase toothache

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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