lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda ni-p
Glosses: SG.DIST die-PFV
Translation: That [one] died.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngin li-u
Glosses: DU.PROX down-put
Translation: These [two] fell.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: PL.DIST pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Those [ones] killed the pig.’ (often = ‘They killed the pig.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï nga=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye SG.PROX=see
Translation: I saw this [one].’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï andin=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye DU.DIST=see
Translation: I saw those [two].’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apa ngala ita-na ma-n-e
Glosses: house PL.PROX build-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] were going to build these houses.’ [ulwa028_02:57]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=ama-p-e nï anma=p nï i anda i
Glosses: 3PL=eat-PFV-DEP 1SG good=COP 1SG go.PFV SG.DIST go.PFV
Translation: Having taken them, I got better, and I went, went there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga nï-nji apa
Glosses: SG.PROX 1SG-POSS house
Translation: This is my house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga wa anma
Glosses: SG.PROX village good
Translation: This is a good village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda ango nï-nji apa
Glosses: SG.DIST NEG 1SG-POSS house
Translation: That is not my house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngin ma-nji itom inom
Glosses: DU.PROX 3SG.OBJ-POSS father mother
Translation: These are his parents.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngala ango ambi=p
Glosses: PL.PROX NEG big=COP
Translation: These are not big.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala anma=p
Glosses: PL.DIST good=COP
Translation: Those are good.
Language: English
Transcription: ala na-ta-na
Glosses: PL.DIST DETR-say-IRR
Translation: They were going to have a talk.
Language: English
Transcription: ala ango=p ta-n-e
Glosses: PL.DIST NEG=COP say-IPFV-DEP
Translation: They tell lies.
Language: English
Transcription: ala ta anda=u apïn tï lï-p
Glosses: PL.DIST already SG.DIST=from fire take put-PFV
Translation: People have already set fire there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala ndï=uta-e ndï=ama-e mbï-p
Glosses: PL.DIST 3PL=grind-IPFV 3PL=eat-IPFV here-be
Translation: People catch them and eat them here.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala wokïn anda unan=lu mbï-i-en anda ango i
Glosses: PL.DIST big.man SG.DIST 1PL.INCL=with here-go-NMLZ SG.DIST which go.PFV
Translation: You folks, that big man who came with us – where did that [man] go?’ [ulwa001_13:15]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala unan wandam ma mundu angla-lo-nda ma-n-e
Glosses: PL.DIST 1PL.INCL jungle go food await-go-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Everyone, we’re going to go to the jungle and look for food.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala ndï ta lo-p
Glosses: PL.DIST 3PL already go-PFV
Translation: You all, have they already left?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala ndï=n anjikaka-e ndï sa-e
Glosses: PL.DIST 3PL=OBL how-DEP 3PL cry-IPFV
Translation: Folks, what have [you done] with them, such that they are crying?’ [ulwa032_52:42]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ambwat ala-nji Monde
Glosses: Kambot PL.DIST-POSS [name]
Translation: The Kambot people’s [ancestor] was Monde.’ [ulwa002_04:15]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala-nji wa ndï maka=p-e
Glosses: PL.DIST-POSS village 3PL thus=COP-DEP
Translation: Other people’s villages are like that.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala-nji amba anda
Glosses: PL.DIST-POSS mens.house SG.DIST
Translation: that magic of other people
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: im wopa mï li-u
Glosses: tree all 3SG.SUBJ down-put
Translation: The whole tree fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: utam wopa mï tembi=p
Glosses: yam all 3SG.SUBJ bad=COP
Translation: The entire yam is rotten.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï unan=n wat u apïn wopa anda=tï-n-e
Glosses: 3PL 1PL.INCL=OBL atop from fire all SG.DIST=take-PFV-DEP
Translation: And once they have gotten the full fire from above us …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wopa ndï nga=ma-na
Glosses: all 3PL SG.PROX=go-IRR
Translation: The whole [ones] will go here.’ [ulwa014_68:54]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: im ndï wopa li-u
Glosses: tree 3PL all down-put
Translation: All the trees fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: utam ndï wopa tembi=p
Glosses: yam 3PL all bad=COP
Translation: All the yams are rotten.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nji ndï wopa ma=in p-e
Glosses: thing 3PL all 3SG.OBJ=in be-IPFV
Translation: All [his] possessions are in it.’ [ulwa014_31:41]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan wopa ma=p
Glosses: 1PL.INCL all 3SG.OBJ=be
Translation: We all stay there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï wopa wombïn=n ni-e
Glosses: 3PL all work=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: (a) ‘They are all working.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï-ambi wopa an=ala mbï-p
Glosses: 3PL-TOP all 1PL.EXCL=for here-be
Translation: As for them, they all stayed for our sake.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam ndï wopa wandam i
Glosses: person 3PL all jungle go.PFV
Translation: All the people went to the jungle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam wopa ndï wandam i
Glosses: person all 3PL jungle go.PFV
Translation: The whole people went to the jungle.’ (i.e., not just parts of their bodies went)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam ndï wopa ango wandam i
Glosses: person 3PL all NEG jungle go.PFV
Translation: All the people did not go to the jungle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam ndï ango wopa wandam i
Glosses: person 3PL NEG all jungle go.PFV
Translation: All the people did not go to the jungle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ango wopa ma=ul lo-p
Glosses: 3PL NEG all 3SG.OBJ=with go-PFV
Translation: They all did not go with him.’ (i.e., ‘None of them went with him.’ In other contexts, however, this same sentence could imply: ‘Not all of them went with him.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nji ndï wopa li-u
Glosses: thing 3PL all down-put
Translation: Everything fell.’ (Literally ‘All the things fell.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala wopa wandam i
Glosses: PL.DIST all jungle go.PFV
Translation: Everyone went to the jungle.’ (Literally ‘Those all went to the jungle.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wopa ma=la-nda
Glosses: all 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: All would eat it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï mïnda ndï=wopa wana-nda
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ banana 3PL=all cook-IRR
Translation: Mother will cook all the bananas.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lamndu ndï=wopa asa-p
Glosses: 1SG pig 3PL=all hit-PFV
Translation: I killed all the pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï nji ndï=wopa ala
Glosses: 1SG eye thing 3PL=all see
Translation: I saw everything.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï ala=wopa ala
Glosses: 1SG eye PL.DIST=all see
Translation: I saw everyone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï mïnda wopa ndï=wana-nda
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ banana all 3PL=cook-IRR
Translation: Mother will cook the whole bananas.’ (i.e., the uncut bananas)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nunu nji=n ma=lu-nda ma-n-e
Glosses: every thing=OBL 3SG.OBJ=put-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [I] am going to plant everything there.’ [ulwa042_04:23]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wa nunu wa u-lo-e
Glosses: just every village from-go-IPFV
Translation: [They] just go around in every village.’ [ulwa037_12:53]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a nunu wombïn tembi ndï-ambi=la-ka-n
Glosses: ah every work bad 3PL-TOP=IRR-let-IMP
Translation: Ah, every bad job – forget about them!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lamndu kuma ndï=asa-p
Glosses: 1SG pig some 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: I killed some pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï tïn kuma ndï=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye dog some 3PL=see
Translation: I saw some dogs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï tïn ndï=ul kuma ndï=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye dog 3PL=with some 3PL=see
Translation: I saw some of the dogs.’ (Literally ‘I saw some with the dogs.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï utam ndï=ul kuma ama-p
Glosses: 1SG yam 3PL=with some eat-PFV
Translation: I ate some of the yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an lamndu ndï=ul kuma asa-p
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL pig 3PL=with some hit-PFV
Translation: We killed some of the pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma ala woyambïn ala-nji wandam ala na-kï-p
Glosses: some PL.DIST pointlessly PL.DIST-POSS jungle PL.DIST DETR-say-PFV
Translation: Some people claimed absurdly that those are their jungles.’ (Literally ‘those some’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma ma=u ata-u an-mbï-unda-ta unda-na
Glosses: some 3SG.OBJ=from up-from out-here-go-COND go-IRR
Translation: If some go out from there, [they] will go.’ [ulwa032_56:05]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï kuma ndï=tï nï-na-n-e nï wolka i
Glosses: 3PL some 3PL=take 1SG=give-PFV-DEP 1SG again go.PFV
Translation: They gave me some and I in turn went.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï kuma ndï=nïkï-p nï=iya i
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ some 3PL=dig-PFV 1SG=toward go.PFV
Translation: She dug some out and came to me.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: min ma=p-e kuma=n u-p-e
Glosses: 3DU 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP some=OBL put-PFV-DEP
Translation: The two are there and [they] planted some.’ [ulwa037_56:11]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan kuma apa ma=unda-e i-si-al monombam aw-e
Glosses: 1PL.INCL some house 3SG.OBJ=go-IPFV hand-push-PFV forehead put-IPFV
Translation: Some of us go to church and pray.’ (Literally ‘We some go to the house and push hands on foreheads.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: un kuma an=angani p-e imot a-e
Glosses: 2PL some 1PL.EXCL=behind be-DEP log break-IPFV
Translation: Some of you are behind us, breaking firewood.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma ma=tï-na kuma ma=na-kamb
Glosses: some 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR some 3SG.OBJ=DETR-shun
Translation: Some wanted to get her; others didn’t want it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an kuma ma=ta-n-e kuma an mama u ma=nïkï-e itïm aw-e
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL some 3SG.OBJ=say-IPFV-DEP some 1PL.EXCL mouth from 3SG.OBJ=dig-DEP trash put-IPFV
Translation: Some of us are saying it; but others of us are cutting it [= this good message] out of [our] mouths and putting [it] into the trash.’ [ulwa037_13:53]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ndï=n u ma ilum ko=tï-n
Glosses: 1SG 3PL=OBL from 3SG.OBJ piece INDF=take-PFV
Translation: I got a piece of it [= tobacco] from them.’ (Literally ‘its piece’) [ulwa037_51:51]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an ilum moko-p ndï=na-n
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL piece take-PFV 3PL=give-PFV
Translation: We gave them a little.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inim ilum kuk nji u-p
Glosses: water piece gather thing put-PFV
Translation: [They] got a little water into something.’ [ulwa014_68:18]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nji ilum=nï ma=lu-nda
Glosses: 1SG thing piece=OBL 3SG.OBJ=put-IRR
Translation: I will plant a few things there.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: an ango maka kekaka inda-e
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL NEG thus one.each walk-IPFV
Translation: We wouldn’t walk one by one.’ (i.e., ‘We wouldn’t walk alone.’)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ndï unan=nï kekaka ina-p
Glosses: 3PL 1PL.INCL=OBL one.each get-PFV
Translation: They had just a few of us.’ (Literally ‘They got one-each with us.’ In other words, ‘Our parents didn’t have many children.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inim ambi keka i
Glosses: water big completely go.PFV
Translation: A lot of water has gone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango ndï=n wombasa anga ambi moko-e
Glosses: NEG 3PL=OBL clay.pot side big take-IPFV
Translation: [They] don’t get lots of money with them.’ [ulwa032_58:18]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ulum ndï ankam tïngïn ndï=ama-e
Glosses: palm 3PL person many 3PL=eat-IPFV
Translation: The sago palms – many people are eating them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apa ango tïngïn ndï ma=p-e
Glosses: house NEG many 3PL 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: There aren’t many houses there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan-nji yalum ngala ndï tïngïn=p-e
Glosses: 1PL.INCL-POSS grandchild PL.PROX 3PL many=COP-DEP
Translation: We have many grandchildren.’ (Literally ‘These grandchildren of ours – they are many.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an-ambi ango uta tïngïn asa-p
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-TOP NEG bird many hit-PFV
Translation: As for us, we didn’t kill many birds.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anga-i kwe kwe ma=won ndï=wat-lï-p
Glosses: side-hand one one 3SG.OBJ=cut 3PL=atop-put-PFV
Translation: one side of hand [= five]; [someone] cut one and put [it] atop them’ (= six) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anga-i kwe nini min=won ndï=wat-lï-p
Glosses: side-hand one two 3DU=cut 3PL=atop-put-PFV
Translation: one side of hand [= five]; [someone] cut two and put [them] atop them’ (= seven) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anga-i kwe lele ndï=won ndï=wat-lï-p
Glosses: side-hand one three 3PL=cut 3PL=atop-put-PFV
Translation: one side of hand [= five]; [someone] cut three and put [them] atop them’ (= eight) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anga-i kwe watangïnila ndï=won ndï=wat-lï-p
Glosses: side-hand one four 3PL=cut 3PL=atop-put-PFV
Translation: one side of hand [= five]; [someone] cut four and put [them] atop them’ (= nine) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Lucy mï ma-nji angay kwa kwe ma=won ndï=wat-lï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ-POSS five one one 3SG.OBJ=cut 3PL=atop-put-PFV
Translation: Lucy has six [children].’ [ulwa024_01:10]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nï-nji tawatïp angay kwe nini top ndï=wat-lï-p
Glosses: 1SG 1SG-POSS child five one two throw 3PL=atop-put-PFV
Translation: I have seven children.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn nini utam ma=ama-p
Glosses: dog two yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Two dogs ate the yam.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn lele utam ma=ama-p
Glosses: dog three yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Three dogs ate the yam.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn min awal wandam i
Glosses: dog 3DU yesterday jungle go.PFV
Translation: Two dogs went to the jungle yesterday.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï awal wandam i
Glosses: dog 3PL yesterday jungle go.PFV
Translation: [Three or more] dogs went to the jungle yesterday.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma-nji nungol nini min ndï=lo-p-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS child two 3DU 3PL=go-PFV-DEP
Translation: His two sons went around in them [= jungle areas].’ [ulwa035_01:27]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda (nini) min=ama-p
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana (two) 3DU=eat-PFV
Translation: The dog ate two bananas.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda (lele) ndï=ama-p
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana (three) 3PL=eat-PFV
Translation: The dog ate (three) bananas.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Maple mï apa ma=u mïnda lele ndï=tï-na
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ house 3SG.OBJ=from banana three 3PL=take-IRR
Translation: Maple will take three bananas from the house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwe ma=tï ma=na-n-e
Glosses: one 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] gave him one [= a fruit].’ [ulwa001_11:09]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angay nini min=atï
Glosses: five two 3DU=hit
Translation: Ten [days] passed.’ (Literally ‘[The days] hit ten.’) [ulwa001_04:27]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lele=p
Glosses: dog 3PL three=COP
Translation: There are three dogs.’ (Literally ‘The dogs are three.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lele=p-na
Glosses: dog 3PL three=COP-IRR
Translation: There will be three dogs.’ (Literally ‘The dogs will be three.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï ipka lele wap
Glosses: dog 3PL before three be.PST
Translation: There were three dogs before.’ (Literally ‘The dogs were three before.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji ip-ka-en yana mï ni-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS nose-let-NMLZ woman 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Translation: My first wife died.’ (Literally ‘My wife, the one preceding, died.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji angani-ka-en yana mï ni-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS behind-let-NMLZ woman 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Translation: My second wife died.’ (Literally ‘My wife, the one following, died.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kapos mï ipka lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ before pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kapos killed the pig first.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kapos mï ip-ka-en lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ nose-let-NMLZ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kapos killed the first pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kapos mï anganika lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ after pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kapos killed the pig afterwards.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Nomnga mï angani-ka-en lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ behind-let-NMLZ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Nomnga killed the second pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Yokombla mï min=angani-ka-en lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ 3DU=before-let-NMLZ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Yokombla killed the third pig.’ (Literally ‘Yokombla killed the pig, the one following two.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Amiwa mï ndï=angani-ka-en lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=before-let-NMLZ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Amiwa killed the fourth pig.’ (Literally ‘Amiwa killed the pig, the one following them [more than two].’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ala ay ma=nïkï-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=for sago 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV
Translation: [They] made sago for him.’ [ulwa011_01:21]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï u=ala wa ma-n
Glosses: 1SG 2SG=from village go-IPFV
Translation: I’m going from you to the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=andï sakla ita-p ma=tï ma=lï unda ma-n-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=for platform build-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=put go go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] were going to build a stretcher for him, put [him] on it, and go.’ [ulwa029_09:57]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=la-ka-n ndï ndï=andïla ndï=p-n
Glosses: 3PL=IRR-let-IMP 3PL 3PL=await 3PL=be-IMP
Translation: Let them be there waiting for them!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma=n ndï=angla kontena ma=in-u-p
Glosses: some=OBL 3PL=await container 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: [I] put some [bananas] in the container to wait for them.’ (kontena = TP) [ulwa014_17:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an luke un=angani ata i
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL too 3PL=behind up go.PFV
Translation: We, too, came up behind you.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: namndu wa an-mbï-i apa imbam i-e
Glosses: pig just out-here-go.PFV house under go.PFV-DEP
Translation: The pigs have just come out and gone under the houses.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: sinokoy=nï ma=in nïkï-na ma-n-e
Glosses: crop=OBL 3SG.OBJ=in dig-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [I] am going to plant crops in it [= the garden].’ [ulwa042_03:38]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u ma=tï ma ma=tï nï=ipka ma=lï-ta
Glosses: 2SG 3SG.OBJ=take go 3SG.OBJ=take 1SG=before 3SG.OBJ=put-COND
Translation: Take her, go, and put her ahead of me!
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: unan amun mbï-i
Glosses: 1PL.INCL now here-go.PFV
Translation: We’ve now come here.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: amun unan kalam
Glosses: now 1PL.INCL knowledge
Translation: Now we know.
Language: Unknown language
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
Transcription: u awal ma=wap
Glosses: 2SG yesterday 3SG.OBJ=be.PST
Translation: You were there yesterday.
Language: Unknown language
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
Transcription: unan umbe wolka i-na
Glosses: 1PL.INCL tomorrow again come-IRR
Translation: We’ll come again tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
Transcription: nï amun ma=n ndï=ta
Glosses: 1SG now 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3PL=say
Translation: I just recently told them.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
Transcription: ndï amun wa ndï=ale-e
Glosses: 3PL now just 3PL=scrape-IPFV
Translation: Nowadays they just scrape them.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: ipka ankam ango ulum ale-p-en
Glosses: before person NEG palm scrape-PFV-NML
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
Transcription: Yaka anganika li-i
Glosses: [name] after down-go.PFV
Translation: Yaka came down after.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u anganika ndï=ta-na
Glosses: 2SG after 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: Tell them later!
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
Transcription: ngan ndï=ipka i-en
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL 3PL=before go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: We two went ahead of them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u ta kalam=p-e
Glosses: 2SG already knowledge=COP-DEP
Translation: You already know.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: ndï wolka an-mbï-i
Glosses: 3PL again out-here-go.PFV
Translation: They went out again.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: anda=u unan ma=p-e
Glosses: SG.DIST=from 1PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: We are there.
Language: Unknown language
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
Transcription: tïlwa mï anda=u i
Glosses: road 3SG.SUBJ SG.DIST=from go.PFV
Translation: The track went from there.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
Transcription: Woni mï apka wutota
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ very tall
Translation: Woni is very tall.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
Transcription: mï keka nungun-u-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ completely break-put-PFV
Translation: It broke completely.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï maka ma=n ndï=ta
Glosses: 1SG thus 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3PL=say
Translation: I told them like this.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï maka i
Glosses: 3PL thus go.PFV
Translation: They went like this.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: tïki unan angos na-ta-na
Glosses: again 1PL.INCL what DETR-say-IRR
Translation: What else should we say?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kalim mï maka=p
Glosses: cassowary 3SG.SUBJ thus=COP
Translation: The cassowary is like that.
Language: Unknown language
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
Transcription: maka=p-en mï na-i
Glosses: thus=COP-NMLZ 3SG.SUBJ DETR-go.PFV
Translation: That way has gone.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: mï tap amun i-na
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ maybe now come-IRR
Translation: He might come today.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: lamndu ko min=ama-p
Glosses: pig just 3DU=eat-PFV
Translation: A pig ate them.
Language: English
Transcription: wa inda-e lo-e
Glosses: just walk-DEP go-IPFV
Translation: [We] would just walk around.’ [ulwa013_03:30]
Language: Ap Ma
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: ala=o un i-n=o
Glosses: PL.DIST=VOC 2PL come-IRR=VOC
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tembi=o
Glosses: bad=VOC
Translation: It’s bad!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala-nji amba anda=o
Glosses: PL.DIST-POSS mens.house SG.DIST=VOC
Translation: Over there they have magic!
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: maka=p-e i mawnam
Glosses: thus=COP-DEP way thats.it
Translation: Behavior like that – that’s it.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: mawnam-e mï kalam
Glosses: thats.it-DEP ? 3SG.SUBJ knowledge
Translation: That’s it, he knows.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: mawnam
Glosses: thats.it
Translation: That’s it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mawnam-e
Glosses: thats.it-DEP ? 
Translation: That’s right.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Transcription: itom ma-nji lamndu mï ni-p
Glosses: father 3SG.OBJ-POSS pig 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
Transcription: nï-nji na wo
Glosses: 1SG-POSS talk own
Translation: my very own story
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an-nji wi wo
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS name own
Translation: It’s really our name.
Language: Unknown language
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]