lecslab/glosslm-corpus-split huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=tï ulum ndï=iya unda-e
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=take palm 3PL=toward go-IPFV
Translation: They take them and go to the sago palms.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: samban ka ndï=wana-p
Glosses: pot at 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: [They] cooked them in the pot.’ [ulwa037_44:54]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min tane inmi ma=kanam lï-p
Glosses: 3DU stand hole 3SG.OBJ=near put-PFV
Translation: The two were standing near the hole.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=tane ndïl ndï=moni lï-p
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=stand pandanus 3PL=among put-PFV
Translation: I stood it among the pandanus.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï way ma=nakap tïnanga sa-e
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ turtle 3SG.OBJ=for arise cry-IPFV
Translation: The father got up and began to cry on account of the turtle.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kalam nga ndï ma=nap an=wali-e
Glosses: knowledge SG.PROX 3PL 3SG.OBJ=for 1PL.EXCL=hit-IPFV
Translation: This knowledge – they are killing us on account of it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï tïlwa ma=u ma=tï i-n-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ road 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ=take come-PFV-DEP
Translation: She carried her along the road.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=ul ma=i ma=wap
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST
Translation: I went with him there and stayed there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ipka ma=n ango alum tïngïn lu inda-e
Glosses: 3PL before 3SG.OBJ=OBL NEG child many with walk-IPFV
Translation: In the past, they wouldn’t go around with lots of children.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï apïn ma=la-ama-p ma=wan uta-p-e
Glosses: 1SG fire 3SG.OBJ=IRR-eat-PFV 3SG.OBJ=above grind-PFV-DEP
Translation: When I’ve burned it and cleared over it …
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ata ma mïka anda=wat na-ma-na
Glosses: up go tree.species SG.DIST=atop DETR-go-IRR
Translation: [He] will go up, go onto that tree.’ [ulwa029_04:51]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yawat mï Sinda kanam p-e ama-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ [name] beside be-DEP eat-IPFV
Translation: The spear is next to the tree.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mana mï im ma=kanam wap
Glosses: spear 3SG.SUBJ tree 3SG.OBJ=beside be.PST
Translation: The spear was next to the tree.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma-nji ya ngala=imbam p-e
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ-POSS coconut PL.PROX=under be-IPFV
Translation: I am under his coconut trees.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngata anda unda-e ndï=wat p-e
Glosses: grand SG.DIST go-DEP 3PL=atop be-IPFV
Translation: Our ancestor used to go around over them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngïm anda=in p-e wa ala=ita-e i-e
Glosses: cloud SG.DIST=in be-DEP village PL.DIST=build-DEP go.PFV-DEP
Translation: Living in that cloud, [he] was building village after village.’ [ulwa009_00:06]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom ndï umbe nungol ndï=ul p-na
Glosses: mother 3PL tomorrow child 3PL=with be-IRR
Translation: The mothers will be with the children tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan=n ata-u inkaw nga=wat p-en ngala
Glosses: 1DU.INCL=OBL up-from mountain SG.PROX=atop be-NMLZ PL.PROX
Translation: these [people] who live atop the mountains above us’ [ulwa014_59:55]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: sïtik mï kïka tïlwa ma=in p-en
Glosses: stick 3SG.SUBJ white.ant road 3SG.OBJ=in be-NMLZ
Translation: the stick that is in the white ant track’ (sïtik = TP stik)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan amun lïmndï maka=p-e i ma=andï-m
Glosses: 1PL.INCL now eye thus=COP-DEP way 3SG.OBJ=see-PFV
Translation: We have now seen this kind of behavior.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji itom mï lïmndï nï=ala
Glosses: 1SG-POSS father 3SG.SUBJ eye 1SG=see
Translation: My father saw me.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï wa i lïmndï wa ma=ala-e
Glosses: 3PL village go.PFV eye village 3SG.OBJ=see-DEP
Translation: They went home and saw the village.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ankam moweka ango lïmndï ma=andï-na
Glosses: person also NEG eye 3SG.OBJ=see-IRR
Translation: Nor would people see it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan amun mbï-i
Glosses: 1PL.INCL now here-go.PFV
Translation: We’ve now come here.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: amun unan kalam
Glosses: now 1PL.INCL knowledge
Translation: Now we know.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï amun an-mbï-i wema we-u-nda
Glosses: 1SG now out-here-go.PFV pangal cut-put-IRR
Translation: I came out recently to cut pangal [= palm fronds].’ [ulwa038_04:55]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u awal ma=wap
Glosses: 2SG yesterday 3SG.OBJ=be.PST
Translation: You were there yesterday.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: awal an-ambi keka we ulwa=p
Glosses: yesterday 1PL.EXCL-TOP completely sago nothing=COP
Translation: As for us, we were completely out of sago yesterday.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan umbe wolka i-na
Glosses: 1PL.INCL tomorrow again come-IRR
Translation: We’ll come again tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: umbe unan angos wombïn=n ni-nda
Glosses: tomorrow 1PL.INCL what work=OBL act-IRR
Translation: What [sort of] work will we do tomorrow?’ [ulwa030_01:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï umbe ma=ul ma-na
Glosses: 1SG tomorrow 3SG.OBJ=with go-IRR
Translation: I would go with her tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï amun u=iya ma=i wap
Glosses: 1SG now 2SG=toward 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV be.PST
Translation: I went there to you today.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï amun ma=n ndï=ta
Glosses: 1SG now 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3PL=say
Translation: I just recently told them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngan ango amun wolka ma=i-e
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL NEG now again 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV-DEP
Translation: We have not gone there again lately.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango wolka amun ma=i
Glosses: 1SG NEG again now 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: I have not gone there again lately.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: amun yalum ngala wolka mbï-u-lo-p
Glosses: now grandchild PL.PROX again here-from-go-PFV
Translation: Now these grandsons came around here again.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï amun wa ndï=ale-e
Glosses: 3PL now just 3PL=scrape-IPFV
Translation: Nowadays they just scrape them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï wa amun kuli ata [na]-p
Glosses: 3PL just now throw up [DETR]-be
Translation: Now they are just coming up well.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ay nga-nam amun Prayde
Glosses: ay SG.PROX-EMPH now Friday
Translation: Ay, that’s it, today is Friday.’ (Prayde = TP Fraide)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: umbe an-mbï-i angos mundu mï anma=p-ta u ma=la-nda
Glosses: tomorrow out-here-go.PFV what food 3SG.SUBJ good=COP-COND 2SG 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: When tomorrow comes what food will be good for you to eat?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u-nji nungol ngala amun=p-e kalam nga=ul ma-n-e
Glosses: 2SG-POSS child PL.PROX now=COP-DEP knowledge SG.PROX=with go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Your children are still in school.’ (Literally ‘going with this knowledge’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: olsem nï amun=p-e njukuta=p-e
Glosses: thus 1SG now=COP-DEP small=COP-DEP
Translation: Like, when I was still small …’ (olsem = TP)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wowal amun=p-ta ata p-ta unan ko na-lo
Glosses: chicken now=COP-COND up be-COND 1PL.INCL just DETR-go
Translation: When the chickens are still up [in the trees], let’s just go!’ [ulwa031_03:31]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango amun=p-e ata i ma=tï-na
Glosses: NEG now=COP-DEP up go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR
Translation: [It] wouldn’t go up and get him immediately.’ [ulwa006_02:32]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u amun=p-e wol ulwa=p
Glosses: 2SG now=COP-DEP breast nothing=COP
Translation: You don’t have breasts yet.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: awal p-e inim ndï=n apïn u-p ay ndï=nïkï-p
Glosses: afternoon be-DEP water 3PL=OBL fire put-PFV sago 3PL=dig-PFV
Translation: In the afternoon, [we] put water on the fire and made sago.’ [ulwa031_03:17]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mundu angla-lo-ta ma=wap awal p-ta
Glosses: food await-go-COND 3SG.OBJ=be.PST afternoon be-COND
Translation: If [they] were hunting for food, [they] would stay until afternoon.’ [ulwa029_07:20]
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: ipka ankam ango ulum ale-p-en
Glosses: before person NEG palm scrape-PFV-NML
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ipka ala=n malan u-p-e
Glosses: 1SG before PL.DIST=OBL hot.water put-PFV-DEP
Translation: I boiled those first.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji inom mï ipka apa ma=u li-i
Glosses: 1SG-POSS mother 3SG.SUBJ before house 3SG.OBJ=from down-go.PFV
Translation: My mother went down around the house first.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï anganika ma wanam ma-na
Glosses: 1SG after 3SG.OBJ side go-IRR
Translation: I will go alongside her later.’ (Literally ‘go to her side’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yaka anganika li-i
Glosses: [name] after down-go.PFV
Translation: Yaka came down after.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u anganika ndï=ta-na
Glosses: 2SG after 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: Tell them later!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an-ambi itom ala=angani i
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-TOP father PL.DIST=behind go.PFV
Translation: As for us, we came after [our] fathers.’ [ulwa037_15:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji aweta anda nï=angani won-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS friend SG.DIST 1SG=behind cut-PFV
Translation: That friend of mine has gone behind my back!’ (Literally ‘That friend of mine has cut behind me.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: e an tïn ala=ul un=ipka mbï-i-e
Glosses: hey 1PL.EXCL dog PL.DIST=with 2PL=before here-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: Hey, we came here with those dogs before you!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngan ndï=ipka i-en
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL 3PL=before go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: We two went ahead of them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ta kalam=p-e
Glosses: 2SG already knowledge=COP-DEP
Translation: You already know.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: e mï ta keka wapata=p
Glosses: hey 3SG.SUBJ already completely dry=COP
Translation: Hey! It’s already completely dry.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ta u-nji anapa ndï u inim nïkï-p-e
Glosses: already 2SG-POSS sister 3PL 2SG water dig-PFV-DEP
Translation: Already, your sisters have celebrated you.’ (Literally ‘have cut your water’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ulum ma=iya ata i
Glosses: palm 3SG.OBJ=toward up go.PFV
Translation: [It] went up the sago palm.’ [ulwa006_03:12]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nungolke ngala kuli li ma=lï-p
Glosses: child PL.PROX throw down 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: These children have thrown [themselves] down there [= the water].’ [ulwa038_01:24]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wot nga=u ata ma-n-e
Glosses: younger SG.PROX=from up go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] were going upstream from this younger [village].’ [ulwa002_05:04]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=tï ata anda=u i
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=take up SG.DIST=from go.PFV
Translation: I brought it from up there [i.e., from upstream].’ [ulwa037_34:26]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=me-p-e ndï=tï li ma=i
Glosses: 3PL=sew-PFV-DEP 3PL=take down 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: He sewed them and brought them down there [i.e., downstream].’ [ulwa037_35:48]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: li ma=p-e ngala ngala=iya ata mbï-i
Glosses: down 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP PL.PROX PL.PROX=toward up here-go.PFV
Translation: These people from downstream came upstream here to these people.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=tï i ata apa ma=i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV up house 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: [It] brought him up to the house and went with him.’ [ulwa006_03:51]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yana mï li ma=imbam i atwana ma=ta
Glosses: woman 3SG.SUBJ down 3SG.OBJ=under go.PFV question 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: [His] wife came down under him and asked him a question.’ (The man in the story is up in a house.) [ulwa001_15:10]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: anda ngunan=iya li na-i-n
Glosses: SG.DIST 1DU.INCL=toward down DETR-come-PFV
Translation: That one has come down to us [from the house].’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: na ma-nji yalum ngala mbï inda-p
Glosses: and 3SG.OBJ-POSS grandchild PL.PROX here walk-PFV
Translation: And his grandchildren walked here.’ (na < TP na ‘and’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Atuma numan anda mï mbï-i
Glosses: [name] husband SG.DIST 3SG.SUBJ here-go.PFV
Translation: Atuma’s husband – he came.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngata ala Wopata anda=u mbï-i
Glosses: grandparent PL.DIST [place] SG.DIST=from here-go.PFV
Translation: The ancestors came here from Wopata.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=tï an-mbï-lï-p ndï=moko-e ambla-na-n-e
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=take out-here-put-PFV 3PL=take-DEP PL.REFL=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: They got them out and shared them among themselves.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï wolka an-mbï-i
Glosses: 3PL again out-here-go.PFV
Translation: They went out again.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wolka ma=iya an-mbï-i ma=ul na-ta-na
Glosses: again 3SG.OBJ=toward out-here-go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=with DETR-say-IRR
Translation: Having come out to him, [we] will talk with him again.’ [ulwa037_59:34]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nga=u Ganmali=n u mbï-u ma=tï-n ma-na
Glosses: SG.PROX=from [name]=OBL from here-from 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV go-IRR
Translation: From this [place], having gotten it from here, from Ganmali, [they] will go.’ [ulwa014_33:13]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=n mbï-u inum aw-e
Glosses: 3PL=OBL here-from ground put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] bury them here.’ [ulwa028_04:39]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan we apa mbï-u ulwa=p
Glosses: 1PL.INCL sago house here-from nothing=COP
Translation: We don’t have any sago here at home.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Owet yena ngusuwa anda mbï-p-e
Glosses: [name] woman poor SG.DIST here-be-IPFV
Translation: Owet’s wife, the poor thing, was here.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: anda=u unan ma=p-e
Glosses: SG.DIST=from 1PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: We are there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nga nga-nji pul anda=u
Glosses: SG.PROX SG.PROX-POSS piece SG.DIST=from
Translation: This is this one’s piece [of the river] over there.’ [ulwa014_66:29]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïlwa mï anda=u i
Glosses: road 3SG.SUBJ SG.DIST=from go.PFV
Translation: The track went from there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: iwïl nga nu kuk-aw-e
Glosses: moon SG.PROX near gather-put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [The end of] this month is drawing near.’ [ulwa037_59:15]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ndï=ul ngaya ma-na awlop
Glosses: 1SG 3PL=with far go-IRR in.vain
Translation: I want to go far with them but can’t.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Woni mï apka wutota
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ very tall
Translation: Woni is very tall.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: amun ane nga=o apka nïpat awlu ata-u
Glosses: now sun SG.PROX=VOC very giant step up-from
Translation: Now, this sun has really come out very strong!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango apka nu luwa me
Glosses: NEG very close place NEG
Translation: [It] wasn’t a close place.’ [ulwa029_10:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apïn keka ndï=n ma=ul ama-p
Glosses: fire completely 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=with eat-PFV
Translation: They [= saucepans] were totally burned with it [= the house].’ (Literally ‘Fire completely ate with them along with it.’) [ulwa014_32:40]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ala keka tïlwa lo-e
Glosses: PL.DIST completely road go-IPFV
Translation: Those [children] make tracks all around.’ [ulwa032_13:09]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï keka nungun-u-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ completely break-put-PFV
Translation: It broke completely.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï maka ma=n ndï=ta
Glosses: 1SG thus 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3PL=say
Translation: I told them like this.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï maka i
Glosses: 3PL thus go.PFV
Translation: They went like this.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mbï-i-en maka nï kaka mbï-p-e
Glosses: here-go.PFV-NMLZ thus 1SG completely here-be-IPFV
Translation: Having come here, I have thus always stayed here.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï wolka ma=n ma=ta
Glosses: 1SG again 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: I in turn said to her: …
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngata ngusuwa nga moweka wa i
Glosses: grand poor SG.PROX also village go.PFV
Translation: This poor grandfather also came home.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom ndï moweka ango unan tïngïn ina-p
Glosses: mother 3PL also NEG 1PL.INCL many get-PFV
Translation: And another thing: [our] mothers didn’t have many of us.’ [ulwa014_46:29]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ango tïki itom luwa ndï=u-lo-e
Glosses: 3PL NEG again father place 3PL=from-go-IPFV
Translation: They don’t go around in [their] father’s places anymore.’ [ulwa032_12:41]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango tïki i-kali u=si-na
Glosses: 1SG NEG again hand-send 2SG=push-IRR
Translation: I won’t hold you again.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango luwa tïki ko nji kuma ndï=tï-na
Glosses: which place more just thing some 3PL=take-IRR
Translation: Where else could [we] get some things?’ [ulwa032_20:45]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïki unan angos na-ta-na
Glosses: again 1PL.INCL what DETR-say-IRR
Translation: What else should we say?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kalim mï maka=p
Glosses: cassowary 3SG.SUBJ thus=COP
Translation: The cassowary is like that.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: amun unan keka maka=p-e
Glosses: now 1PL.INCL completely thus=COP-DEP
Translation: But nowadays we are completely like this.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: maka=p-en mï na-i
Glosses: thus=COP-NMLZ 3SG.SUBJ DETR-go.PFV
Translation: That way has gone.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yetani ala=n u [maka=p-e] ambet ma=tï-n
Glosses: Yamen PL.DIST=OBL from [thus=COP-DEP] magic 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: [They] got magic like this from the Yamen people.’ [ulwa037_11:02]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u [maka-p-e nji] ulwa-ta u awlop
Glosses: 2SG [thus=COP-DEP thing] nothing-COND 2SG in.vain
Translation: If you don’t have things like this, you’re lost!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un [maka=p-e] imba wombam nï=iya i-ta
Glosses: 2PL [thus=COP-DEP] night middle 1SG=toward go.PFV-COND
Translation: If you come to me like this in the middle of the night …
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Wusimali maka in tï Kayta na-n-e
Glosses: [name] thus get take [name] give-PFV-DEP
Translation: Wusimali, like, bought [an axe] and gave [it] to Kayta.’ [ulwa014_53:34]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: an-nji maka ngata ndï ndï=ul i-en
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS thus grand 3PL 3PL=with go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: Our, like, ancestors were the ones who went with them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï tap amun i-na
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ maybe now come-IRR
Translation: He might come today.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tap umbe Kumba ma-na
Glosses: maybe tomorrow Bun go-IRR
Translation: Maybe tomorrow [I] will go to Bun [village].’ [ulwa037_48:48]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tap ma-nji yawa nga=ul i
Glosses: maybe 3SG.OBJ-POSS uncle SG.PROX=with go.PFV
Translation: [He] might have gone with [his] uncle.’ [ulwa014_33:07]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kop nambï wiwila la-ka-na
Glosses: please skin light IRR-let-IRR
Translation: Let [your] body [become] light!’ (i.e., wait until you are no longer pregnant [before attempting to play sports]) [ulwa032_34:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï kop lïmndï an=ul p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ please eye 1PL.EXCL=with be-IPFV
Translation: She stays with us, watching [us] patiently.’ [ulwa013_00:42]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ay nï kwa apa mbï-p-e ma-n-e
Glosses: ay 1SG just house here-be-DEP go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Ay, am I just going to stay here?
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: lamndu ko min=ama-p
Glosses: pig just 3DU=eat-PFV
Translation: A pig ate them.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: wa inda-e lo-e
Glosses: just walk-DEP go-IPFV
Translation: [We] would just walk around.’ [ulwa013_03:30]
Language: Ap Ma (English translation)
Transcription: nï wa lolop i ma-ngusuwa nji ma=lo-p lï-p
Glosses: 1SG just just go.PFV 3SG.OBJ-poor thing 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV put-PFV
Translation: Frustratedly, I just went and cut the poor thing’s thing [= sago palm jungle].’ [ulwa014_06:37]
Language: Ap Ma (English translation)
Transcription: unan wa lolop wa p-e
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL just just village be-IPFV
Translation: We are just [hanging around] in the village.’ [ulwa037_09:40]
Language: Ap Ma (English translation)
Transcription: nï-ambi tembi na-p-e nï wa lolop inda-na
Glosses: 1SG-TOP bad DETR-be-DEP 1SG just just walk-IRR
Translation: As for me, I’m becoming unfit, so I’ll just go around [without worrying about other people].’ [ulwa032_47:49]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï woyambïn ndï=ul ndï=na-na-p-e
Glosses: 1SG pointlessly 3PL=with 3PL=DETR-feed-PFV-DEP
Translation: I fed them along with them [= my biological children] for nothing.’ (said in reference to ungrateful foster children) [ulwa032_47:28]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: na woyambïn ma=ta-n-e
Glosses: and pointlessly 3SG.OBJ=say-IPFV-DEP
Translation: But [we] are just wasting time talking about it.’ (na < TP na ‘and’) [ulwa037_07:36]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Biwat inim ma=in-klop i ata-i ata-i-e wolka nga=u na-i wolka nga=u an-nji wandam nga=ita-e i
Glosses: [place] water 3SG.OBJ=in-cross go.PFV up-go.PFV up-go.PFV-DEP again SG.PROX=from DETR-go.PFV again SG.PROX=from 1PL.EXCL-POSS jungle SG.PROX=build-DEP go.PFV
Translation: [They] went following the Biwat river, went up. Having gone up, [they] came this way. And then from here, [they] came and built our jungle [area].’ [ulwa002_01:08]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: nï-ambi maweka nï-nji ala wala luwa anda=p
Glosses: 1SG-TOP also 1SG-POSS PL.DIST far.off place SG.DIST=be
Translation: As for me, those [relatives] of mine are in a far-off place.’ [ulwa014_72:14]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Kanangula moweka ango wa mbï-wap
Glosses: [name] also NEG village here-be.PST
Translation: Kanangula did not [even bother to] stay in the village.’ [ulwa014_42:48]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kolpe ma-nji mïngamata wonmi ndï=won-p-op
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS whatchamacallit hair 3PL=cut-PFV-PFV
Translation: Kolpe had cut his – what’s it? – hair.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=ul i mïngamata Yalamba ma=i
Glosses: 3PL=with go.PFV whatchamacallit Korokopa 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: [We] went with them, went to – what’s it? – Korokopa [village].’ [ulwa002_03:48]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: andïl=p-e ndï=misisina-p
Glosses: careful=COP-DEP 3PL=arrange-PFV
Translation: [They] carefully arranged them.’ (Literally ‘Being careful, [they] arranged them.’) [ulwa014_68:39]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nambli lu ma-n-en
Glosses: feather with go-IPFV-NMLZ
Translation: [The water] is going quickly.’ (Literally ‘going with feather’) [ulwa038_04:40]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apïn=nï ma=won-lï-p
Glosses: fire=OBL 3SG.OBJ=cut-put-PFV
Translation: [He] cut it down quickly.’ (Literally ‘cut it down with fire’) [ulwa013_08:17]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ma=wana-ta Supam=o
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=feel-say [name]=VOC
Translation: [They] called to her: “Supam!”’ [ulwa001_07:52]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=wana-ta-e wot ala=o
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=feel-say-DEP younger PL.DIST=VOC
Translation: They called to them: “Younger brothers!”
Language: Tok Pisin ( translation)
Transcription: ala=o un i-n=o
Glosses: PL.DIST=VOC 2PL come-IRR=VOC
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tembi=o
Glosses: bad=VOC
Translation: It’s bad!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ala-nji amba anda=o
Glosses: PL.DIST-POSS mens.house SG.DIST=VOC
Translation: Over there they have magic!
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: maka=p-e i mawnam
Glosses: thus=COP-DEP way thats.it
Translation: Behavior like that – that’s it.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: mawnam-e mï kalam
Glosses: thats.it-DEP ? 3SG.SUBJ knowledge
Translation: That’s it, he knows.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: mawnam
Glosses: thats.it
Translation: That’s it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mawnam-e
Glosses: thats.it-DEP ? 
Translation: That’s right.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji lamndu ambi kwe anda
Glosses: 1SG-POSS pig big one SG.DIST
Translation: that one big pig of mine
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ambi anda wa lolop ma-n
Glosses: big SG.DIST just just go-IPFV
Translation: That big [man] just goes around.’ [ulwa014_04:51]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï nï-nji ngala=tï u=na-nda
Glosses: 1SG 1SG-POSS PL.PROX=take 2SG=give-IRR
Translation: I will give mine to you.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wonmbi ndï=tumul-ka
Glosses: tusk 3PL=bend-let
Translation: [They] bent the tusks.’ (This refers to a pair of tusks belonging to a single boar.) [ulw001_12:30]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wapa ambi tembi anda-we nï ma=tï inda-e
Glosses: leaf big bad SG.DIST-PART.INT 1SG 3SG.OBJ=take walk-IPFV
Translation: That big, bad leaf alone – I’m taking it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïmbïl ambi nïpat ngata ma=ita-na ma-n-e
Glosses: fence big giant grand 3SG.OBJ=build-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [You] are going to build a big, huge, giant fence.’ [ulwa042_00:48]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wot yana Sinanam ma=na-na
Glosses: younger woman [name] 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: [He] gave it to the younger sister Sinanam.’ [ulwa001_08:15]
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: itom ma-nji lamndu mï ni-p
Glosses: father 3SG.OBJ-POSS pig 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïn ndï itom ma-nji lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: dog 3PL father 3SG.OBJ-POSS pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed father’s pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Manama ma-nji wot mï mana ma=top-lï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS younger 3SG.SUBJ spear 3SG.OBJ=throw-put-PFV
Translation: Manama’s younger brother threw the spear.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji atuma ma-nji aweta mï tembi=p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS older.brother 3SG.OBJ-POSS friend 3SG.SUBJ bad=COP
Translation: My older brother’s friend is sick.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji tïn wo lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS dog own pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: His very own dog killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji na wo
Glosses: 1SG-POSS talk own
Translation: my very own story
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an-nji wi wo
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS name own
Translation: It’s really our name.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yetani ala-nji wo
Glosses: Yamen PL.DIST-POSS own
Translation: [He was] the Yamen people’s very own [ancestor].’ [ulwa002_03:19]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: upan nungol ndï=n nï=n ani u-p
Glosses: fish.species child 3PL=OBL 1SG=OBL bilum put-PFV
Translation: [She] put some small fish in my bilum [= string bag].’ [ulwa014_29:32]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=ul i ma=n wandam ma=lï-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=OBL jungle 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: [He] went with her and put her in his jungle [home].’ [ulwa001_03:30]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: way mï asi ma=n wat wan ma=ka-e
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ sit 3SG.OBJ=OBL ladder above 3SG.OBJ=let-IPFV
Translation: The turtle was sitting at the top of his ladder.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: atana mï li-u ma=tï-n ma=tï ambï=n ame ma=in-lï-p
Glosses: older.sister 3SG.SUBJ down-from 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL=OBL basket 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: The older sister got him down and put him in her basket.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï i ngun-nji mundu ilum kuma wana-nda
Glosses: 1SG go.PFV 2DU-POSS food little some cook-IRR
Translation: I will come and cook some food for you.’ (Literally ‘cook some little food of yours’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-nji na tï-na mbï-lo-p
Glosses: 3PL-POSS talk take-IRR here-go-PFV
Translation: [They] came here to have a talk for them [= their children].’ [ulwa032_32:54]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma-nji ana ma=tï ma=na-na
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ-POSS grass.skirt 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: I gave her a grass skirt.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma yawa mï i ma=kali-lï-p-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ uncle 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=send-put-PFV-DEP
Translation: Her uncle went and sent her.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ma inim ama-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ water eat-IPFV
Translation: He was drinking its nectar.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=i lïmndï ndï we imbïn ndï=uta-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV eye 3SG.OBJ sago refuse 3PL=grind-PFV
Translation: [I] went and saw their sago refuse.’ (i.e., the water run-off from strained sago; literally ‘eye-ground’ for ‘saw’) [ulwa037_63:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ini anda
Glosses: 3PL ground SG.DIST
Translation: That’s their land.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: i lïmndï min luwa ala
Glosses: go.PFV eye 3DU place for
Translation: [He] went and saw their place.’ [ulwa001_10:15]
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: Yawana numan ngusuwa anda
Glosses: [name] husband poor SG.DIST
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Samuel yena anda sokoy mu ndï=kuk-lï-p
Glosses: [name] wife SG.DIST tobacco seed 3PL=gather-put.PFV
Translation: Samuel’s wife gathered the tobacco seeds.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: nï wa ma=n mïka Manama nungol ngala=ta
Glosses: 1SG just 3SG.OBJ=OBL thus [name] child PL.PROX=say
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: aya nï Kayta yanat anda
Glosses: INTERJ 1SG [name] daughter SG.DIST
Translation: Aya, I am Kayta’s daughter.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma Eltik wandam ma
Glosses: 1SG go [name] jungle go
Translation: I will go, go to Eltik’s garden.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango wa i nï-nji itom wandam ala=u lo-p
Glosses: 1SG NEG village go.PFV 1SG-POSS father jungle PL.DIST=from go-PFV
Translation: I haven’t gone to the village, gone around in my father’s jungles.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [Kayta=p-e] anapa mï
Glosses: [[name]=COP-DEP] sister 3SG.SUBJ
Translation: Kayta’s sister’ (Literally ‘the sister that is [of] Kayta’) [ulwa014_21:14]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Lucy=p-en anda
Glosses: [name]=COP-NMLZ SG.DIST
Translation: That [pot] is Lucy’s.’ (Literally ‘The one that is [of] Lucy [is] that [one].’) [ulwa014_17:38]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Albert=p-en maka yena inom mï maka mu kuma=tï nï=na-na
Glosses: [name]=COP-NMLZ thus woman mother 3SG.SUBJ thus seed some=take 1SG=give-PFV
Translation: Albert’s wife’s mother, like, gave me some seeds.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min ma=p mïnda wandam
Glosses: 3DU 3SG.OBJ=be banana jungle
Translation: The two were staying there. Banana garden!’ (i.e., ‘Oh what a banana garden they made there!’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï apïn=n anul ndï=ama-e namndu
Glosses: 3PL fire=OBL grassland 3PL=eat-IPFV pig
Translation: They were burning the grassland. Pigs!’ (i.e., ‘Oh how many pigs they killed!’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-n
Glosses: go-IPFV
Translation: is going
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: im ma=iya ma-n
Glosses: tree 3SG.OBJ=toward go-IPFV
Translation: is going toward the tree
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: utam ma=wana-p
Glosses: yam 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV
Translation: cooked the yam
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apïn ma=wat ma=wana-p
Glosses: fire 3SG.OBJ=atop 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV
Translation: cooked the yam on the fire
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an kïkal inom itom ndï=wana
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL ear mother father 3PL=feel
Translation: We listened to our parents.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï wana Raten ndï i-ta
Glosses: 1SG feel [place] 3PL go.PFV-COND
Translation: I thought that the Raten people would come.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ankam ma=wana-e ma-ambi
Glosses: person 3SG.OBJ=feel-DEP 3SG.OBJ-TOP
Translation: As for the person who tastes it …
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=wana
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=feel
Translation: [She] smelled it.’ [ulwa037_53:08]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï nï=nambït-wana ko an-mbï-u i
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 1SG=odor-feel just out-here-from go.PFV
Translation: It smelled me and just went out from there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï i ata-i ma=wap ina-ka-wana-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV up-go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST liver-at-feel-PFV
Translation: He went, went up, stayed there, and thought.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ina-ka-wana nï un=ul mbï-p-ta
Glosses: 1SG liver-at-feel 1SG 2PL=with here-be-COND
Translation: So I thought: if I stay here with you …
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: atana anda ni-p-e ndï ango nï=ina-ka-wana
Glosses: older.sister SG.DIST die-PFV-DEP 3PL NEG 1SG=liver-at-feel
Translation: When that older sister died, they didn’t think of me.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï kïkal-wana ngunan=iya i-ta
Glosses: 3PL ear-feel 1DU.INCL=toward go.PFV-COND
Translation: If only they would listen and come to us.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango kïkal-wana
Glosses: NEG ear-feel
Translation: [They] don’t listen.’ [ulwa014_37:03]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï mbï-i nïmal mbï-p-en ndï kïkal na ma=wana
Glosses: 3PL here-go.PFV river here-be-NMLZ 3PL ear talk 3SG.OBJ=feel
Translation: Those who came here and stay here at the river would hear the message.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u kïkal ma=wana-e
Glosses: 2SG ear 3SG.OBJ=feel-DEP
Translation: You heard it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango yeta ndï kïkal nï=n u na ngala=wana
Glosses: NEG man 3PL ear 1SG=OBL from talk PL.PROX=feel
Translation: No men hear these stories from me.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: an ambi na-p-e lïmndï ala
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL big DETR-be-DEP eye see
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ango lïmndï ankam ala
Glosses: 1PL.INCL NEG eye person see
Translation: We haven’t seen anyone.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï wa i lïmndï min=ala
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ village go.PFV eye 3DU=see
Translation: She came home and saw the two.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u amun lïmndï u-nji atuma nga=al
Glosses: 2SG now eye 2SG-POSS older.brother SG.PROX=see
Translation: Now look at your older brother!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u amun lïmndï Gambri andï
Glosses: 2SG now eye [name] see
Translation: Now, take a look at Gambri!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan lïmndï ma-ngusuwa andï-na
Glosses: 1PL.INCL eye 3SG.OBJ-poor see-IRR
Translation: We will see the poor thing.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan lïmndï [maka=p-e] i ma=andï-m
Glosses: 1PL.INCL eye [thus=COP-DEP] way 3SG.OBJ=see-PFV
Translation: We’ve seen this kind of behavior.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kïkal=n(ï) ma=wana
Glosses: ear=OBL 3SG.OBJ=feel
Translation: sense with ear’ (i.e., ‘hear’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï lïmndï ma=lï-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ eye 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: She watched it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ndï=ala won-ka lïmndï ma-nji asiya ndï=uta-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=from cut-let eye 3SG.OBJ-POSS string 3PL=grind-IPFV
Translation: He left them and crossed [the river] and was checking his string traps.’ [ulwa032_30:27]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan lïmndï ndï=uta-p-e
Glosses: 1PL.INCL eye 3PL=grind-PFV-DEP
Translation: We’ve examined them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï li-i atwana ma-nji yana ma=ta
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ down-go.PFV question 3SG.OBJ-POSS woman 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: He went down and asked his wife.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Dumngul imba p-e i atwana an=kï-p
Glosses: [name] night be-DEP go.PFV question 1PL.EXCL=say-PFV
Translation: Dumngul came at night and asked us.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan i-kali ndï=si-na
Glosses: 1PL.INCL hand-send 3PL=push-IRR
Translation: We can grab them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan ango i-kali ndï=n u ani ko=si
Glosses: 1DU.INCL NEG hand-send 3PL=OBL from bilum INDF=push
Translation: We haven’t gotten a single bilum [= string bag] from them.’ [ulwa037_16:44]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: inom mï wa unda-e iwa ala=n inim anda=aw-e
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ just go-DEP basket PL.DIST=OBL water SG.DIST=put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: A woman used to just go around, setting fish traps in the water.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: we=n ndï=aw-e
Glosses: sago=OBL 3PL=put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] used to put sago starch in them.’ [ulwa014_34:38]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: al ma=lï-p-e mï i
Glosses: net 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV
Translation: Having put [the baby] in the mosquito net, she went.’ [ulwa001_00:40]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ma=alima-p ndï-n ame ndï=lumo-p
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=beat-PFV 3PL=OBL basket 3PL=put-PFV
Translation: They beat it [= the sago] and put them [= the starch] in the baskets.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wot ma=kali-lï-p-e
Glosses: younger 3SG.OBJ=send-put-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] sent the younger brother.’ [ulwa001_13:58]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=kali Nanïmwat ma=lï-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=send [place] 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: [They] sent him to Nanïmwat [village].’ [ulwa002_03:34]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kuma kuk-u-p
Glosses: some gather-put-PFV
Translation: Some gathered.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an na-kuk-u-nda
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL DETR-gather-put-IRR
Translation: We would gather.’ (i.e., ‘gather together, assemble’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: siwi kuk wa na-lu-nda
Glosses: grub.species gather village DETR-put-IRR
Translation: [We] will gather grubs home.’ [ulwa038_03:35]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ndï=kuk nï=n ani ma=u-p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=gather 1SG=OBL bilum 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP
Translation: She piled them into my bilum [= string bag].’ [ulwa037_04:03]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nïpïl ndï=wali-e ndï=kuk inim aw-e
Glosses: vine 3PL=hit-IPFV 3PL=gather water put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [We] used to break vines and gather them into the water.’ [ulwa036_01:02]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngala imba p-e tane ma=lï-p-e
Glosses: PL.PROX night be-DEP stand 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP
Translation: These people stand there at night.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: i apa ko=angom-lï-p ma=tï i ma=tane-lï-p
Glosses: go.PFV house INDF=pull.out-put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=stand-put-PFV
Translation: [It] went and pulled out a house, brought it, and stood it up.’ [ulwa006_02:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ulum tamndï ma-awa ndï=mïmïl-u-nda
Glosses: palm owner 3SG.OBJ-INT 3PL=wring-put-IRR
Translation: The owner of the sago palms herself will wring them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=mïmïl-aw-e
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=wring-put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: They would be wringing them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-awa ndï=ul asi-ka-e ndï ma=ta-p
Glosses: 1SG-INT 3PL=with sit-let-DEP 3PL 3SG.OBJ=say-PFV
Translation: I myself sat with them, and they talked about it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï wa ndï=ul asi ma=ka
Glosses: 1SG just 3PL=with sit 3SG.OBJ=let
Translation: I just sat there with them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma lop-la-ka-na
Glosses: 1SG go lie-IRR-let-IRR
Translation: I will go and rest.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lop wulis ma=ka
Glosses: lie platform 3SG.OBJ=let
Translation: [I] lay on the platform.’ [ulwa037_62:39]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngan wolka tïkli-ka mbï-i
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL again turn-let here-go.PFV
Translation: The two of us turned again and came here.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan tïkli ambla=la-ka wolka ambla=wali-nda ma-n
Glosses: 1PL.INCL turn PL.REFL=IRR-let again PL.REFL=hit-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: We’re going to turn on one another and fight one another again.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï asi u-nji komblam ma=in ka
Glosses: 1SG sit 2SG-POSS chair 3SG.OBJ=in let
Translation: I sat in your chair.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wa asi nïmal kanam ka
Glosses: just sit river beside let
Translation: [They] just sit beside the river.’ [ulwa037_45:28]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lop ndï=kana ka ko ni-p
Glosses: lie 3PL=beside let just die-PFV
Translation: [She] lay beside them and just died.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï aplatam ma=wat u ani ma=tï-n
Glosses: 1SG table 3SG.OBJ=atop from bilum 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: I took the bilum [= string bag] from atop the table.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lïwa ta nï=wat u an-mbï-i
Glosses: dawn already 1SG=atop from out-here-go.PFV
Translation: Dawn already came out upon me.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï u=imbam u inim ma
Glosses: 3PL 2SG=under 2SG water go
Translation: They go from under you to the water.’ (i.e., people go under your legs to lift you up and take you to the water)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=in u siwi ala=moko-e
Glosses: 3PL=in from grub.species PL.DIST=take-IPFV
Translation: [He] would get grubs from within them.’ [ulwa004_02:41]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yangun mï aplatam ma=wan wat wap
Glosses: mosquito 3SG.SUBJ table 3SG.OBJ=above atop be.PST
Translation: The mosquito was above the table.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yangun mï aplatam ma=wan wat u mbï-i
Glosses: mosquito 3SG.SUBJ table 3SG.OBJ=above atop from here-go.PFV
Translation: The mosquito came from above the table.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Nongami ma=wan wat u ma=lo-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ=above atop from 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV
Translation: Nongami cut it from above it.’ (i.e., he cut a sago palm by positioning himself above the palm)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=iya al ma=in i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=toward net 3SG.OBJ=in go.PFV
Translation: [It] went to him into [his] mosquito net.’ [ulwa006_05:07]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min ma=ul ma=wat wap
Glosses: 3DU 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.OBJ=atop be.PST
Translation: The two stayed with her on top of it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lamndu ambi anma mï
Glosses: pig big good 3SG.SUBJ
Translation: (a) ‘the big [good pig]’ (?)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lamndu mï ambi anma
Glosses: pig 3SG.SUBJ big good
Translation: The pig is big [and] good.’ [elicited]