Koro Aka English

noun wall-climbing lizard

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧa.ba.ko.je] prepositional phrase up there

Speaker: Katia Yame

verb to cook

Speaker: Sange Degio

sentence; verb phrase Be Quiet! (command)

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun animal sound

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧa.gui] verb smokes

Speaker: Sunil Yame

[ʧa.le.u.ŋa] noun chicks

Speaker: Anthony Degio

verb to cook

Speaker: Sange Degio

verb to drink

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun supporting wooden beam (part of house)

Speaker: Anthony Degio

[ʧa.luh] noun granary

Speaker: Sunil Yame

[ʧa.mi] noun new sister-in-law

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧa.mi] noun wife’s younger sister

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧa.mi] noun spouse’s younger sister

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧa.mi] noun spouse’s elder brother

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧa.mi] noun beard

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun chin

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun lower jaw of tiger (?) (on jaw plate)

Speaker: Salu Badi

noun mouth

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧa.ru] noun tiger

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun tiger

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun string in trap (si.u.la.ba)

Speaker: Anthony Degio

[ʧa.ru.ʃe.pe.go.sɨ.rəm.go] verb phrase hunts tiger

Speaker: Sange Degio

verb phrase to get drunk

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧã.ʧu] noun jungle vegetable plant

Speaker: Sange Degio

verb to be quiet

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun headstrap on (harvesting) basket

Speaker: Sange Degio and Ramda Degio

sentence The window is broken.

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧə.rõ] noun small ceremonial bell

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun leather

Speaker: Sange Degio

verb to bite

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun part of spirit house; fence-like boundary of spirit house

Speaker: Sange Degio and Anthony Degio

noun part of spirit house

Speaker: Abamu Degio’s son

verb to bite

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun ear

Speaker: Sange Degio

verb to bite, to harvest, to listen

Speaker: Sange Degio

sentence I want to bite you.

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧi.mi] verb understand

Speaker: Babung Chijang

verb to break (something)

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧi.pi] verb to spit

Speaker: Babung Chijang

verb to obey

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧi.ti] noun insect

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧik.ti.run.un.i.ka.ko.tun] verb phrase close the book

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun water plant

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧɨ.le] noun chicken

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧɨk] noun vagina

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧɨŋ.tõ.je] adjective short

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧõ] adjective big

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧõ] adjective fat

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧõ.da.bu.le.le] noun phrase big pig

Speaker: Sunil Yame

[ʧo.le] noun chicken

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun chicken

Speaker: Sange Degio

sentence They are selling a chicken.

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun chicken house

Speaker: Anthony Degio

noun phrase chicken sound

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun phrase chicken basket

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧo.le.sə.ʧu] noun chicken basket

Speaker: Sunil Yame

noun part of spirit house, on top of roof

Speaker: Abamu Degio’s son

noun part of spirit house

Speaker: Abamu Degio’s son

noun string of small yellow beads with black-and-white spotted, blue, white, and one oval amber-colored bead

Speaker: Abamu Degio and Sange Degio

noun male duck

Speaker: Sange Degio

verb to dig

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧu.ʤi] noun cock

Speaker: Sunil Yame

noun female duck

Speaker: Sange Degio

verb to cut

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun shelf for storage

Speaker: Anthony Degio

verb to cut

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧu.pa.ʧa.pu.ra.gɨ] verb phrase made a basket

Speaker: Katia Yame

noun internal organ of fish, possibly heart

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Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧu.ʧi] noun egg

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun (chicken) egg

Speaker: Sange Degio

[ʧuk.plẽ] noun chin

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun a type of game

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun a hacky-sack-like game

Speaker: Sange Degio

noun a hacky-sack-like game

Speaker: Sange Degio