Yokoim Talking Dictionary

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(juwan) alɨm

noun tree bark

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

agunma jeŋa aŋakut ɨmbijen amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

akum

noun women (sg. woman)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

akunara

noun throat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

akunmɨn manbajme

noun female crocodile

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

alanandi

noun flower, certain type

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aliŋ

phrase tomorrow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

aliŋ

phrase yesterday

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

aliŋgɨm amenam

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ama ibona

sentence I don’t want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama ibona wala asaŋalaŋa

sentence I don’t want it, don’t give the pig to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ama wala jagasoŋgot

sentence I don’t see

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ama ʧaŋgolari ɨmbijenme

sentence I want to see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ambiŋ

ambiŋ

noun clay cooking vessel

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

amenaŋgi wambiŋgi

phrase my feathers

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

amenaŋgli

phrase my two X

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

amuŋ

noun fishes

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

andagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

asaŋala

sentence I want it

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

aunda

proper name Aunda

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

ba

phrase goodbye

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

habɨnʤɨmbɨrɨm

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

handagas

noun roof

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

ikɨm bas

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

imuŋga amenaguman

phrase my village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jabagɨm

noun white men (sg. white man)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jam wasako

noun small house

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jangun meri

noun mosquitos (sg. mosquito)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgri

noun arm, hand

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jaŋgrɨʤɨmbri

numeral twenty

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

jelamakɨs

jelamakɨs

noun musical seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jelma

noun wife (pl. wives)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

jemdaŋ

noun finger

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jemkasɨn

noun foot

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

jepen

phrase thank you

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

jeŋa awt ɨmbijen agunma

sentence The woman is taking the pig from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

jeŋa aŋagut ɨmbijen (ja)amena

sentence the woman gave the pig to me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

jokoim

proper name Yokoim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kabaŋ

kabaŋ

noun three-pronged fish spear

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

kalapakɨm

noun armband

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kaman

noun bamboo

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamaŋ

noun bamboo [drum]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kamban megabugan

sentence I know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

kapus

kapus

noun kapus vegetable

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

karɨm

proper name Karim

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

klibaj ɨmɨnbam

phrase two ears

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

klipaj

numeral two

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kondukɨn kaj

kondukɨn kaj

noun; phrase back of canoe, woman’s part of canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

konmej imuŋga

proper name Konmei village

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

kupan

adjective elder

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

kupen amenam

phrase my elder brother

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

malaj

noun water

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

malaja amuŋgut

sentence I drink water

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamakɨn

mamakɨn

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mamaŋ

mamaŋ

adjective rotten [coconut]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mandɨm

mandɨm

noun bilum bag

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

maraŋ

noun prow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

mbakambaŋsoŋgot

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mbam aliŋgɨm

phrase one arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

mi asas ʧaŋgola

sentence look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

munam bala

munam bala

noun; phrase paddle blade

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

mɨɲen ɨmbijen

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

pamuŋgri

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

panbi

adjective true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panda

noun fingernail

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

pandɨŋ

pandɨŋ

noun tongs

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

panʤamuŋ

noun bench for one person

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sam

sam

noun sleeping platform

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

suluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sumbun

sumbun

noun cloud or sky (pl. clouds)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨkɨt

sɨkɨt

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sɨmbluk

sɨmbluk

noun sago trunk

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sɨpi

noun sago pancake

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ulaŋ

noun coconut

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

usim

noun sweat

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wabus

noun hair

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

wakɨndi

noun snakes (sg. snake)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wambiŋgi

wambiŋgi

noun feathers (sg. feather)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

wambuŋ

noun chest

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

wandukakut

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wanʤɨm

noun black palm

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wasan

noun boy, son

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

wi

noun bird

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

wusiŋ

noun penis

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

ɨmbijen jaga awlaŋa

sentence I took the pig from the woman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen kamban aŋakut

sentence I will give the pig to you later

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen minavwasɨt ɨmuŋgan

sentence the pig came out from the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen mɨn muŋgaj ʧɨvwasɨt ʧaŋgurɨm bɨnaŋ

sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

ɨmbijen puka aŋat

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ɨmbijen punʤa aŋat

sentence we gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambuna

noun shoulder

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧambwi

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧamɨn kaj

ʧamɨn kaj

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

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧejpa

noun belly

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

ʧimbua

noun woman’s grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧuluk

noun song

Speaker: Felix Andi ,
Dialect: Karawari

ʧumɨnkoŋ

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

ʧɨgɨs

noun sago pulp, flour

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

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