lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan ambla=kolp
Glosses: 1PL.INCL PL.REFL=break-PFV
Translation: We have broken ourselves.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ay ndï=nïkïp ndï=n ambla=n up
Glosses: sago 3PL=dig-PFV 3PL=OBL PL.REFL=OBL put-PFV
Translation: [They] made [packets of] sago and left them for themselves.’ [ulwa014_49:21]
Language: English
Transcription: Wangasai Wore ngala ini tï ambïi=nanda natae
Glosses: [name] [place] PL.PROX ground take SG.REFL=give-IRR DETR-say-DEP
Translation: Wangasa says that these Wore [people] will give him land.’ (Literally ‘… will give himself land’) [ulwa014_21:49]
Language: English
Transcription: ambï=walinda ambï=ul undate nakïp
Glosses: SG.REFL=hit-IRR SG.REFL=with go-SPEC-DEP DETR-say-PFV
Translation: [He] thought that [the crocodile] might go around with him to kill him.’ [ulwa035_02:29]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwa mïi ma=n ambïi=aweta kïp
Glosses: one 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=OBL SG.REFL=friend say-PFV
Translation: Someone said that it was his friend.
Language: English
Transcription: ndï=iya lop ndï=iya wa lop ndï=ul ambla=asap
Glosses: 3PL=toward go-PFV 3PL=toward village go-PFV 3PL=with PL.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: [They] went to them, went to them in the village, and fought with them [as enemies].’ [ulwa034_00:27]
Language: English
Transcription: unan ndï=iya ma ndï=ul ambla=walinda
Glosses: 1PL.INCL 3PL=toward go 3PL=with PL.REFL=hit-IRR
Translation: Let’s go to them and fight with them [as allies]!’ [ulwa002_05:37]
Language: English
Transcription: ndï=ul ndï=ul ambla=asap
Glosses: 3PL=with 3PL=with PL.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: With them [= our allies] we fought with them [= our enemies].’ [ulwa002_03:13]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kolpe Womel min ambin=asap
Glosses: [name] [name] 3DU DU.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: Kolpe and Womel fought each other.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunan ambin=lu ndï=tana
Glosses: 1DU.INCL DU.REFL=with 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: We will tell them [= stories] with each other.’ [ulwa033_02:36]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngan ma=nap ambin=lu unie
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL 3SG.OBJ=for DU.REFL=with shout-IPFV
Translation: We argued with each other over her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wopa ambla=ul ma=landa mane
Glosses: all PL.REFL=with 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: All are going to eat it with one another.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mundu ndï=atta ndï na ambla=kïp
Glosses: hunger 3PL=hit-COND 3PL talk PL.REFL=say-PFV
Translation: And when [they] got hungry, they said to one another other: …’ [ulwa018_00:30]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an ambi nape an lïmndï ambla=ala
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL big DETR-be-DEP 1PL.EXCL eye PL.REFL=see
Translation: When we had gotten big, we looked at one another.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwa nip
Glosses: one die-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï kwa asap
Glosses: 1SG one hit-PFV
Translation: I killed someone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nji kwa liu
Glosses: thing one down-put
Translation: Something fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam kuma mbïin
Glosses: person some here-come-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ya kuma liu
Glosses: coconut some down-put
Translation: Some coconuts fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ya kuma ndï liu
Glosses: coconut some 3PL down-put
Translation: Some coconuts fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ya kuma ndï=amap
Glosses: 1SG coconut some 3PL=eat-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango angos na ie
Glosses: NEG what talk go.PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] came to no thought whatsoever.’ (i.e., they came without any particular purpose) [ulwa002_01:26]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan ango angos wombïn=n ninda
Glosses: 1PL.INCL NEG what work=OBL act-IRR
Translation: We will not do [just] whatever [sort of] work.’ [ulwa030_02:30]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango angos amae
Glosses: 1SG NEG what eat-IPFV
Translation: I’m not eating anything.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angos nji inata unan lïmndï ma=andï ande
Glosses: what thing come-IRR-COND 1PL.INCL eye 3SG=see ok
Translation: Whatever may come, we would see it [and say:] “OK”.’ [ulwa037_20:53]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwa (mï) lamndu ndï=asap
Glosses: one (3SG.SUBJ) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who killed the pigs?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma (min) lamndu ndï=asap
Glosses: some (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who [= which (two) people] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma (ndï) lamndu ndï=asap
Glosses: some (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who [= which (three or more) people] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angos (mï) lamndu ndï=asap
Glosses: what (3SG.SUBJ) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What killed the pigs?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angos (min) lamndu ndï=asap
Glosses: what (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What [= which (two) things] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angos (ndï) lamndu ndï=asap
Glosses: what (3PL) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What [= which (three or more) things] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: English
Transcription: yata mï kuma ndï=asap
Glosses: man 3SG.SUBJ some 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Whom [= which people] did the man hit?’ [elicited]
Language: English
Transcription: u angos ma=tïn
Glosses: 2SG what 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: What did you take?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungol mï angos min=anglalop
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ what 3DU=await-go-PFV
Translation: What [= which two things] did the boy look for?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango tïn (mï) mïnda ma=amap
Glosses: which dog (3SG.SUBJ) banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Which dog ate the banana?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u ango mïnda (mï) ma=amap
Glosses: 2SG which banana (3SG.SUBJ) 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Which banana did you eat?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango nungolke nïnji yot ma=tïn
Glosses: which child 1SG-POSS machete 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: Which child took my machete?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u ango apa ndï=itap
Glosses: 2SG which house 3PL=build-PFV
Translation: Which houses did you build?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwanji nungol (mï) nïnji yot tïn
Glosses: one-POSS child (3SG.SUBJ) 1SG-POSS machete take-PFV
Translation: Whose child took my machete?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda kwanji mana
Glosses: SG.DIST one-POSS spear
Translation: Whose spear is that?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u kumanji apa ma=itap
Glosses: 2SG some-POSS house 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV
Translation: Whose [plural] house did you build?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïawa lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: 1SG-INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: I myself killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kayta maawa lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kayta himself killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: uawa utam ndï=wanap
Glosses: 2SG-INT yam 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: You yourself cooked the yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïwe lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: 1SG-PART.INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: I myself [in the group] killed the pig.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïwe i
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT go.PFV
Translation: They themselves [out of a group] went.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kolpe Kongos ambinwe lamndu ndï=asape nakïp
Glosses: [name] [name] DU.REFL-PART.INT pig 3PL=hit-PFV-DEP DETR-say-PFV
Translation: Kolpe and Kongos said that they themselves [out of a group] killed the pigs.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïwe awa nïmal nga=itae ma=u liien
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT INT river SG.PROX=build-IPFV 3SG.OBJ=from down-go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: They themselves alone were the ones who built [along] this river, having come down along it.’ [ulwa002_02:47]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji nji ngala ndïwe awa
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS thing PL.PROX 3PL-PART.INT INT
Translation: These things are his.’ (Literally ‘His things are them indeed [out of the group].’) [ulwa014_05:28]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïwe awa ma=n nie
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT INT 3SG.OBJ=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: They themselves do it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mangusuwa we i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor alone go.PFV
Translation: The poor thing went alone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï we alum nga=ul mbïka lowonda
Glosses: 1SG alone child SG.PROX=with here-thus IRR-sleep-IRR
Translation: I alone will sleep here with this child.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mïnam amun ma=sial Dumngul nungol nga=watawe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ-EMPH now 3SG.OBJ=push-PFV [name] child SG.PROX=atop-put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: Now he’s the one – [they] call Dumngul’s son after him.’ (Literally ‘are pushing it [= the name] onto this child [of] Dumngul’) [ulwa014_45:50]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inap u=ul ien ndïnam
Glosses: get-PFV 2SG=with go.PFV-NMLZ 3PL-EMPH
Translation: They were the ones who bore [you] and went with [you].’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a andanam
Glosses: ah SG.DIST-EMPH
Translation: Ah, that one!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nganam u nï=n lïmndï nga=ka nï=asae
Glosses: SG.PROX-EMPH 2SG 1SG=OBL eye SG.PROX=in 1SG=hit-DEP
Translation: This is it – you shot me in my eye.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunanambi ango lïmndï manji pamili ndï=alae
Glosses: 1DU.INCL-TOP NEG eye 3SG.OBJ-POSS family 3PL=see-DEP
Translation: As for us, we don’t see his family.’ (pamili = TP famili)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï mïnja=n nïambi ango misimisi kalam=p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ speech=OBL 1SG-TOP NEG story knowledge=COP
Translation: She said: “Me? I don’t know stories.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unanambi unannji wa ilum ngaambi anma anda=o
Glosses: 1PL.INCL-TOP 1PL.INCL-POSS village little SG.PROX-TOP good SG.DIST=VOC
Translation: But us? As for this little village of ours, it’s good.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nogat Nomnga maambi kalam anda
Glosses: no [name] 3SG.OBJ-TOP knowledge SG.DIST
Translation: No, Nomnga knows [how to hunt].’ (The speaker was asked whether she was referring to Nomnga as the person who does not know how to hunt.) (nogat = TP) [ulwa014_25:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïambi ma=andïm ma Wopata ma ma=pna
Glosses: 1SG-TOP 3SG.OBJ=from go [place] go 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR
Translation: I for one will leave her behind and go and stay at Wopata.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Tarambi maambi anmbï mbïpe
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-TOP out-here here-be-IPFV
Translation: As for Tarambi, he stays outside.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: maambi=lakan nï nakambp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-TOP=IRR-let-IMP 1SG DETR-shun-PFV
Translation: Forget it; I’ve had enough.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: maka=pe i maambi maambi=nalakata
Glosses: thus=COP-DEP way 3SG.OBJ-TOP 3SG.OBJ-TOP-DETR-IRR-let-COND
Translation: As for behavior like that – forget it!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji uta ala ko ndïambi=lakata ndï nï=n ma=pn
Glosses: 1SG-POSS bird PL.DIST just 3PL-TOP=IRR-let-COND 3PL 1SG=OBL 3SG.OBJ=be-IMP
Translation: Those are my birds – just let them be there with me!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: maambi=lakana
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-TOP=IRR-let-IRR
Translation: Shocking!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yawa ngusuwa anda ma u=nap ma=tï iap
Glosses: uncle poor SG.DIST go 2SG=for 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV-PFV
Translation: That poor uncle went and brought it for you.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Moira numan ngusuwa mï ndï=ala kuma nep
Glosses: [name] husband poor 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=for some harvest-PFV
Translation: Moira’s poor husband harvested some [betel nut] for them.’ [ulwa014_16:22]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Donna maka wombïn tï tawatïp ngusuwa ala=nane
Glosses: [name] thus work take child poor PL.DIST=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: Donna, like, gave the work to those poor children.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunannji itom ngusuwa minwe ya ndï=n awe
Glosses: 1DU.INCL-POSS father poor 3DU-PART.INT coconut 3PL=OBL put-IPFV
Translation: Only our two poor fathers used to plant coconuts.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mangusuwa ya ndï=n num up
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor coconut 3PL=OBL canoe put-PFV
Translation: The poor thing put coconuts in the canoe.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mangusuwa mbïpe sal=ïn nï=sap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor here-be-DEP tear=OBL 1SG=cry-PFV
Translation: When the poor thing was here, [he] cried to me.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mangusuwata nga=tï ie
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor SG.PROX=take go.PFV-DEP
Translation: The poor thing brought this.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ungusuwa ma=tï ambï=ul namana
Glosses: 2SG-poor 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL=with DETR-go-IRR
Translation: You poor thing will bring it with yourself.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunngusuwa ango luwa u wambana ndï=tï
Glosses: 2DU-poor which place from fish 3PL=take
Translation: You two poor things, where did [you] get the fish?’ [ulwa036_03:45]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ta unngusuwata
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=say 2PL-poor
Translation: [I] said: “You poor things!”’ [ulwa014_47:29]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïngusuwa ma=i we ma=tïn ma=tï mbïi
Glosses: 3PL-poor 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV sago 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take here-go.PFV
Translation: The poor things went there, got sago starch, and brought it here.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïngusuwata mbïpe ma=tane wapen
Glosses: 3PL-poor here-be-DEP 3SG.OBJ=say-IPFV-DEP be.PST-NMLZ
Translation: When the poor things were here, [they] used to talk about it.’ [ulwa037_43:44]
Language: English
Transcription: mana mï liu
Glosses: spear 3SG.SUBJ down-put
Translation: The spear fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom ndï isi=n ndï=wanap
Glosses: father 3PL soup=OBL 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: The men cooked them in soup.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum ndï sae
Glosses: child 3PL cry-IPFV
Translation: The children were crying.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn min ma=u maka lamndu ko=n anmbïasa
Glosses: dog 3DU 3SG.OBJ=from thus pig INDF=OBL out-here-hit
Translation: The two dogs thus chased a pig out from there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Tarambi mï ita nï asilaka ma=n ma=kïna
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV-COND 1SG sit-IRR-let 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say-IRR
Translation: When Tarambi comes, I will sit and tell him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kumba ndï wolka an=ul anmbïi
Glosses: Bun 3PL again 1PL.EXCL=with out-here-go.PFV
Translation: Again the [people from] Bun [village] came out with us.’ [ulwa002_02:27]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: polis ndï ndï=iya ata ma keka namndu ndï=walinda
Glosses: police 3PL 3PL=toward up go completely pig 3PL=hit-IRR
Translation: The police will go up to them and completely kill the pigs.’ (polis = TP)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji ndï anma ie
Glosses: 1SG-POSS 3PL good go.PFV-DEP
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [ulum ndï] [ndïnji ala wo]
Glosses: [palm 3PL] [3PL-POSS PL.DIST own]
Translation: The sago palms are their very own.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Carobim min wa ma=pe
Glosses: [name] 3DU village 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: Carobim and he [= Danny] were in the village.’ [ulwa037_37:41]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Dorothy ndï ma=lop
Glosses: [name] 3PL 3SG.OBJ=go-PFV
Translation: Dorothy and the others went there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Otto ndï=kïna
Glosses: [name] 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: [We] will tell Otto and the others.’ [ulwa038_04:08]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yeta nungol ndï=nap loe
Glosses: man child 3PL=for go-IPFV
Translation: (a) ‘The boys would go around on account of them [the girls].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yeta nungol ndï ndï=nap loe
Glosses: man child 3PL 3PL=for go-IPFV
Translation: The boys would go around on account of them [= the girls].’ [ulwa032_44:07]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï manji ay ma=amap
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ-POSS sago 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Mother ate her sago.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom manji ay ma=amap
Glosses: mother 3SG.OBJ-POSS sago 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: (a) ‘Mother ate her sago.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungol mï ndï=ala aw ndï=nep
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=for betel.nut 3PL=harvest-PFV
Translation: The child harvested betel nut for them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungol ndï=ala aw ndï=nep
Glosses: child 3PL=for betel.nut 3PL=harvest-PFV
Translation: (a) ‘The child harvested betel nut for them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Alkumot yana Ø min=kotp
Glosses: [name] woman (3SG.SUBJ) 3DU=break-PFV
Translation: The woman Alkumot bore them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Biwat Ø atai
Glosses: [place] (3PL) up-go.PFV
Translation: The Biwat [people] went up.’ [ulwa002_01:07]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ambawanam Ngata Ø i unip
Glosses: [name] grand (3SG.SUBJ) go.PFV shout-PFV
Translation: Ambawanam Ngata came and shouted.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: lamndu Ø keka ndï=amap ulwa=p
Glosses: pig (3SG.SUBJ) completely 3PL=eat-PFV nothing=COP
Translation: A pig completely ate them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kumba ma=u ie na ndï ulwa nap
Glosses: Bun 3SG.OBJ=from go.PFV-DEP talk 3PL nothing DETR-be
Translation: There are no [more] stories about [me] coming from Bun [village].’ [ulwa032_10:52]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï utam ma=wanap
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ yam 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV
Translation: Mother cooked the yam.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï utam min=wanap
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ yam 3DU=cook-PFV
Translation: Mother cooked two yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï utam ndï=wanap
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ yam 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: Mother cooked the yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: dog 3PL pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lamndu min=asap
Glosses: dog 3PL pig 3DU=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed two pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lamndu ndï=asap
Glosses: dog 3PL pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed the pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nïpïl ma=moplïp
Glosses: 1SG vine 3SG.OBJ=tie-put-PFV
Translation: I tied the rope.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nïpïl min=moplïp
Glosses: 1SG vine 3DU=tie-put-PFV
Translation: I tied two ropes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nïpïl ndï=moplïp
Glosses: 1SG vine 3PL=tie-put-PFV
Translation: I tied the ropes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda ma=amae
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-IPFV
Translation: The dog is eating the banana.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda ma=amap
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: The dog ate the banana.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda ma=landa
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: The dog will eat the banana.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï inmi mini=nïkïp
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ hole 3DU.OBJ=dig=PFV
Translation: Father dug two holes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï num min=lop
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ canoe 3DU=cut-PFV
Translation: Father carved two canoes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wondi inom min ndï mini=nïkïe isi up
Glosses: bandicoot mother 3DU 3PL 3DU.OBJ=dig-DEP soup put-PFV
Translation: The two mother bandicoots – they cut them up into the soup.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: min num si nï=n ata lïp
Glosses: 3DU canoe push 1SG=OBL up put-PFV
Translation: The two of them came ashore with me.’ (Literally ‘put the canoe up with me’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unji yenat ngin min=nap mana na[kïp]
Glosses: 2SG-POSS daughter DU.PROX 3DU=for go-IRR DETR[-say-PFV]
Translation: These two daughters of yours – [I] wanted to go on account of them.’ [ulwa037_49:28]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yawa ndï anasa ma=itape ma=tï ma=nanda
Glosses: uncle 3PL pick.axe 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV-DEP 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-IRR
Translation: The uncles will make a pick-axe and give it to her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï tïmbïl itap
Glosses: 3PL fence build-PFV
Translation: They built a fence.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: un ay nïkïp
Glosses: 2PL sago dig-PFV
Translation: Did you make sago?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: imba nape ay ndï=nïkïp ndï=n ambla=n up
Glosses: night DETR-be-DEP sago 3PL=dig-PFV 3PL=OBL PL.REFL=OBL put-PFV
Translation: At night [they] made sago [packets] and left them for themselves.’ [ulwa014_49:20]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kayngam i ya ma=iya atai
Glosses: [name] go.PFV coconut 3SG.OBJ=toward up-go.PFV
Translation: Kayngam went, climbed up a coconut tree.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: imba pe nï wolka tawatïp ndï=iya i
Glosses: night be-DEP 1SG again child 3PL=toward go.PFV
Translation: That night, I again went to the young folks.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïlwa ma=u i wa mbïi
Glosses: road 3SG.OBJ=from go.PFV village here-go.PFV
Translation: [We] came along the path here to the village.’ [ulwa032_04:57]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji yawa min=ul i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS uncle 3DU=with go.PFV
Translation: [He] went with his two uncles.’ [ulwa014_49:50]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an wolka ngata ndï=ul ie
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL again grand 3PL=with go.PFV-DEP
Translation: We again went with the ancestors.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ay ma=n mï=nanap
Glosses: sago 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-feed-PFV
Translation: [They] fed him with the sago.’ [ulwa011_01:23]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an mïnda ndï=n manal up ndï=amap
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL banana 3PL=OBL hot.water put-PFV 3PL=eat-PFV
Translation: We boiled bananas and ate them.’ (Literally ‘put bananas in hot water’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala nï nji ko=asap
Glosses: PL.DIST 1SG thing INDF=hit-PFV
Translation: Guys, I killed something!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango wolka nungolke ko=tïn
Glosses: 1SG NEG again child INDF=take-PFV
Translation: I didn’t have another child.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Plas mï ango ma i=n nji ko=n mbïlïp
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ NEG 3SG.OBJ hand=OBL thing INDF=OBL here-put-PFV
Translation: Plas didn’t plant anything here with his [own] hands.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ango wondi ko=tïn
Glosses: 3PL NEG bandicoot INDF=take-PFV
Translation: They didn’t get a [single] bandicoot.’ [ulwa032_25:28]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: aw ko=tï nï=nan
Glosses: betel.nut INDF=take 1SG=give-IMP
Translation: Please pass the betel nut!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kaw nungol ko=tï nï=nata
Glosses: cow child INDF=take 1SG=give-COND
Translation: Give me a calf!’ (kaw = TP kau)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ma=i ndï=imbam lop kwa ma=lop lïp ma=alep
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV 3PL=under go-PFV one 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=scrape-PFV
Translation: She went there, went under them, cut one [= a palm] down, and scraped it.’ [ulwa032_37:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï kwa ma=ul nie
Glosses: 1SG one 3SG.OBJ=with act-IPFV
Translation: I was making one [= an armband].’ [ulwa015_01:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji wot yana kwa mï nip
Glosses: 1SG-POSS younger woman one 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Translation: One younger sister of mine has died.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ma=itae
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: They were building it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan ma=iya mbïie
Glosses: 1PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=toward here-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: We came here to him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï nokoplïp lïmndï ma=ala
Glosses: 3PL hide-put-PFV eye 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: They hid and saw her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango ndï=tïn
Glosses: 1SG NEG 3PL=take-PFV
Translation: I didn’t get them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï nï=asape
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 1SG=hit-PFV-DEP
Translation: He hit me.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wondi anda=tï ngunan=nata ngunan ma=atïm
Glosses: bandicoot SG.DIST=take 1DU.INCL=give-COND 1DU.INCL 3SG.OBJ=hit-IRR
Translation: When [he] gives us that bandicoot, we will kill it.’ [ulwa029_05:33]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngan ngun=iya ma=in ie
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL 2DU=toward 3SG.OBJ=in go.PFV-DEP
Translation: We came to you in it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï un=ul wa mana
Glosses: 1SG 2PL=with village go-IRR
Translation: I will go with you to the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom nga ma=wanape
Glosses: mother SG.PROX 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV-DEP
Translation: This woman cooked it.’ (This was said of the woman in the house next to where the speaker was sitting.)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom ngin li nga=pen
Glosses: father DU.PROX down SG.PROX=be-NMLZ
Translation: these two men who live downstream’ (spoken while downstream)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wa mbï olsem nungolke ngala sikul pe
Glosses: village here thus child PL.PROX school be-IPFV
Translation: Here in the village, like, these children are in school.’ (olsem = TP; sikul < TP skul ‘school’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wusim anda nï=walinda i nï ma=asap
Glosses: crocodile SG.DIST 1SG=hit-IRR PRED 1SG 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: That crocodile could have killed me, but I killed it.’ (i = TP?)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: awngala ala kuk atau im anda=watawe
Glosses: bird.species PL.DIST gather up-from tree SG.DIST=atop-put-IPFV
Translation: Those birds are gathering up into that tree.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda ma=n u=tae
Glosses: SG.DIST 3SG.OBJ=OBL 2SG=say-DEP
Translation: That one told you: …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: andin wot ko=kot nï=angani nalïp
Glosses: DU.DIST younger INDF=break 1SG=behind DETR-put-PFV
Translation: Those two [= my parents] bore a younger sibling after me.’ [ulwa001_10:19]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga unji ani ngala ata nga=p
Glosses: SG.PROX 2SG-POSS bilum PL.PROX up SG.PROX=be
Translation: Here, these bilum [= string bags] of yours are up here.’ [ulwa001_04:55]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji nungol ngala mbïpe
Glosses: 1SG-POSS child PL.PROX here-be-IPFV
Translation: My children live here.’ (Literally ‘these children of mine’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji inom anda kïkal wopa
Glosses: 1SG-POSS mother SG.DIST ear all
Translation: That mother of mine was deaf.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unji inom tembi anda
Glosses: 2SG-POSS mother bad SG.DIST
Translation: that poor mother of yours
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji na ngala mï ndï=tana
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS talk PL.PROX 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: These stories of his – he will tell them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=n numïne anda=lumopta ndï mï=napna
Glosses: 3PL=OBL ditch SG.DIST=put-PFV-COND 3PL 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-be-IRR
Translation: Once [I] have planted them in that ditch, they will be there.’ [ulwa014_73:33]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an tïn anda=ul ie tïn anda lamndu nungol ko=asape
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL dog SG.DIST=with go.PFV-DEP dog SG.DIST pig child INDF=hit-PFV-DEP
Translation: When we went with that dog, that dog killed one small pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mïkï itïm ambi ngata ala=mana
Glosses: tree.species trash big grand PL.DIST=go-IRR
Translation: [We] will go to those great big swamps.’ [ulwa038_02:59]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan ngusuwa ala=iya wonlakan
Glosses: 1PL.INCL poor PL.DIST=toward cut-IRR-let-IMP
Translation: Let’s cross over [the river] to those poor folks [on the other side]!’ [ulwa037_03:41]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï amun iwa ngala=n ma=up ma=u kundan nïpat nga=tïn
Glosses: 1SG now basket PL.PROX=OBL 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=from eel huge SG.PROX=take-PFV
Translation: Now I put these fish trap baskets [down] there and got this huge eel from there.’ [ulwa014_05:52]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï i wolka i manji anaw nga=tïn
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV again go.PFV 3SG.OBJ-POSS paddle SG.PROX=take-PFV
Translation: He went, went back, got his motorboat …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum ma=kotp an ma=ul mbïwap
Glosses: child 3SG.OBJ=break-PFV 1PL.EXCL 3SG.OBJ=with here-be.PST
Translation: She bore a child, and we were there with her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ipka anda=n matmat mbïu ulwa=pe
Glosses: before SG.DIST=OBL cemetery here-from nothing=COP-DEP
Translation: In the past, there was no cemetery here.’ (matmat = TP)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: amun nga=n olsem matmat anda mbïpe
Glosses: now SG.PROX=OBL thus cemetery SG.DIST here-be-IPFV
Translation: But at this time, like, there is that cemetery here.’ (olsem, matmat = TP)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inim nga=n ma=itap ma=tï atalï wap ma inim anda=n nï ma=kïke londa
Glosses: water SG.PROX=OBL 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take up-put be.PST go water SG.DIST=OBL 1SG 3SG.OBJ=throw go-IRR
Translation: Having built it this year, and put it up, I’m going to sell it next year.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ilom anda=n nï ango mbïpna
Glosses: day SG.DIST=OBL 1SG NEG here-be-IRR
Translation: On that day, I won’t stay here.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: iwïl anda=n ma ma=pta apa anda=itana
Glosses: moon SG.DIST=OBL go 3SG.OBJ=be-COND house SG.DIST=build-IRR
Translation: Next month [I] will go and build a house there.’ [ulwa037_36:50]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=asae na anda unan asika ma=tap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=hit-DEP talk SG.DIST 1PL.INCL sit-let 3SG.OBJ=say-PFV
Translation: That talk of [them] killing her – we sat and discussed it.’ [ulwa037_00:24]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom nga na=n ma=kïta
Glosses: mother SG.PROX talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say-COND
Translation: If this mother tells him …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: annji ngata ngala=ul indae
Glosses: 1PL-POSS grand PL.PROX=with walk-IPFV
Translation: [We] walked around with our grandparents.’ [ulwa013_04:25]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: annji ngata ala ndï=tï indae
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS grand PL.DIST 3PL=take walk-IPFV
Translation: Our ancestors used to carry them around.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a nïnji aweta anda ko ma=tïna
Glosses: ah 1SG-POSS friend SG.DIST just 3SG.OBJ=hit-IRR
Translation: Ah, that friend of mine will really hit her!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji yawa nga itom ndïnji tana ma=tï nien
Glosses: 1SG-POSS uncle SG.PROX father 3PL-POSS axe 3SG.OBJ=take act-NMLZ
Translation: This uncle of mine was one who got the forefathers’ axe.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ane nga sita
Glosses: sun SG.PROX push-COND
Translation: Whenever it was dry season …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango li ma lïmndï atau ane nga=andïna
Glosses: NEG down go eye up-from sun SG.PROX=see-IRR
Translation: [She] won’t go down and look up at the sun. ’ [ulwa014_36:02]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a ane anda li namane
Glosses: ah sun SG.DIST down DETR-go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Ah, the sun is setting.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: iwïl anda liie wa imba pe
Glosses: moon SG.DIST down-go.PFV-DEP village night be-IPFV
Translation: The moon had set; the village was dark.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anwe iwïl mï ata nai nai
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-PART.INT moon 3SG.SUBJ up DETR-go.PFV DETR-go.PFV
Translation: We were alone; the moon rose and rose.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ane namane
Glosses: sun DETR-go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: The sun is setting.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambi nganji na nga unan=iya mbïi
Glosses: big SG.PROX-POSS talk SG.PROX 1PL.INCL=toward here-go.PFV
Translation: The word of God has come to us.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambi ngawe unan ikali ma=si
Glosses: big SG.PROX-PART.INT 1PL.EXCL hand-send 3SG.OBJ=push
Translation: God alone – we [must] hold onto him.’ [ulwa037_08:55]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wolka ambi nga=inakawana
Glosses: again big SG.PROX=liver-at-feel
Translation: [He] in turn was thinking of God.’ [ulwa035_03:00]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambi anda ma=tï anmbï nalïp
Glosses: big SG.DIST 3SG.OBJ=take out-here DETR-put-PFV
Translation: God has revealed him.’ (Literally ‘That big [man] has taken him and put [him] out.’) [ulwa037_29:50]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: awlu atau anmoka anda apïnal anda=u anmbïi
Glosses: step up-from snake SG.DIST swamp SG.DIST=from out-here-go.PFV
Translation: When [the moon] appeared, a snake came out from the swamp.’ [ulwa034_01:53]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïambi wandam ambi anda
Glosses: 1SG-TOP jungle big SG.DIST
Translation: As for me, I have a big garden.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mbalus anda ina mane
Glosses: airplane SG.DIST come-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: An airplane was going to come.’ (mbalus < TP balus ‘dove, airplane’)
Language: English
Transcription: mï ya uta ngin=anda
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ coconut shell DU.PROX=break-IRR
Translation: He will break these two coconut shells.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wambana ngala=mokoe
Glosses: fish PL.PROX=take-IPFV
Translation: [They] were catching fish.’ [ulwa032_22:37]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mota wulis anda=itap
Glosses: bamboo.species platform SG.DIST=build-PFV
Translation: [They] built that bamboo raft.’ [ulwa002_00:14]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: sokoy andin=n lapap
Glosses: tobacco DU.DIST=OBL plant-PFV
Translation: [He] has planted those two tobacco plants.’ [ulwa037_56:01]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: upan wambana ala=utata ndï=ul wa undana
Glosses: fish.species fish PL.DIST=grind-COND 3PL=with village go-IRR
Translation: If [we] catch those fish, [we] will go home with them.’ [ulwa038_00:16]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda nip
Glosses: SG.DIST die-PFV
Translation: That [one] died.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngin liu
Glosses: DU.PROX down-put
Translation: These [two] fell.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: PL.DIST pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Those [ones] killed the pig.’ (often = ‘They killed the pig.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apa ngala itana mane
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=amape 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 nïnji apa
Glosses: SG.PROX 1SG-POSS house
Translation: This is my house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda ango nïnji apa
Glosses: SG.DIST NEG 1SG-POSS house
Translation: That is not my house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngin manji itom inom
Glosses: DU.PROX 3SG.OBJ-POSS father mother
Translation: These are his parents.
Language: English
Transcription: ala natana
Glosses: PL.DIST DETR-say-IRR
Translation: They were going to have a talk.
Language: English
Transcription: ala ango=p tane
Glosses: PL.DIST NEG=COP say-IPFV-DEP
Translation: They tell lies.
Language: English
Transcription: ala ta anda=u apïn tï lïp
Glosses: PL.DIST already SG.DIST=from fire take put-PFV
Translation: People have already set fire there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala ndï=utae ndï=amae mbïp
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 mbïien 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 anglalonda mane
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 lop
Glosses: PL.DIST 3PL already go-PFV
Translation: You all, have they already left?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala ndï=n anjikakae ndï sae
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 alanji Monde
Glosses: Kambot PL.DIST-POSS [name]
Translation: The Kambot people’s [ancestor] was Monde.’ [ulwa002_04:15]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alanji wa ndï maka=pe
Glosses: PL.DIST-POSS village 3PL thus=COP-DEP
Translation: Other people’s villages are like that.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alanji amba anda
Glosses: PL.DIST-POSS mens.house SG.DIST
Translation: that magic of other people
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: im wopa mï liu
Glosses: tree all 3SG.SUBJ down-put
Translation: The whole tree fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï unan=n wat u apïn wopa anda=tïne
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=mana
Glosses: all 3PL SG.PROX=go-IRR
Translation: The whole [ones] will go here.’ [ulwa014_68:54]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: im ndï wopa liu
Glosses: tree 3PL all down-put
Translation: All the trees fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nji ndï wopa ma=in pe
Glosses: thing 3PL all 3SG.OBJ=in be-IPFV
Translation: All [his] possessions are in it.’ [ulwa014_31:41]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï wopa wombïn=n nie
Glosses: 3PL all work=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: (a) ‘They are all working.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïambi wopa an=ala mbïp
Glosses: 3PL-TOP all 1PL.EXCL=for here-be
Translation: As for them, they all stayed for our sake.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ango wopa ma=ul lop
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 liu
Glosses: thing 3PL all down-put
Translation: Everything fell.’ (Literally ‘All the things fell.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wopa ma=landa
Glosses: all 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: All would eat it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï mïnda ndï=wopa wananda
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ banana 3PL=all cook-IRR
Translation: Mother will cook all the bananas.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lamndu ndï=wopa asap
Glosses: 1SG pig 3PL=all hit-PFV
Translation: I killed all the pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï mïnda wopa ndï=wananda
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=lunda mane
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 uloe
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 ndïambi=lakan
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=asap
Glosses: 1SG pig some 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: I killed some pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï utam ndï=ul kuma amap
Glosses: 1SG yam 3PL=with some eat-PFV
Translation: I ate some of the yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an lamndu ndï=ul kuma asap
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL pig 3PL=with some hit-PFV
Translation: We killed some of the pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma ala woyambïn alanji wandam ala nakïp
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 atau anmbïundata undana
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 nïnane 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=nïkïp 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=pe kuma=n upe
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=undae isial monombam awe
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 pe imot ae
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=tïna kuma ma=nakamb
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=tane kuma an mama u ma=nïkïe itïm awe
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=tïn
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 mokop ndï=nan
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL piece take-PFV 3PL=give-PFV
Translation: We gave them a little.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inim ilum kuk nji up
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=lunda
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 indae
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 inap
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: ango ndï=n wombasa anga ambi mokoe
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=amae
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=pe
Glosses: house NEG many 3PL 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: There aren’t many houses there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unannji yalum ngala ndï tïngïn=pe
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: anambi ango uta tïngïn asap
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-TOP NEG bird many hit-PFV
Translation: As for us, we didn’t kill many birds.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angai kwe kwe ma=won ndï=watlïp
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: angai kwe nini min=won ndï=watlïp
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: angai kwe lele ndï=won ndï=watlïp
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: angai kwe watangïnila ndï=won ndï=watlïp
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 manji angay kwa kwe ma=won ndï=watlïp
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 nïnji tawatïp angay kwe nini top ndï=watlïp
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=amap
Glosses: dog two yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Two dogs ate the yam.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn lele utam ma=amap
Glosses: dog three yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Three dogs ate the yam.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji nungol nini min ndï=lope
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=amap
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana (two) 3DU=eat-PFV
Translation: The dog ate two bananas.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda (lele) ndï=amap
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=tïna
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=nane
Glosses: one 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] gave him one [= a fruit].’ [ulwa001_11:09]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lele=pna
Glosses: dog 3PL three=COP-IRR
Translation: There will be three dogs.’ (Literally ‘The dogs will be three.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji ipkaen yana mï nip
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: nïnji anganikaen yana mï nip
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=asap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ before pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kapos killed the pig first.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kapos mï ipkaen lamndu ma=asap
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=asap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ after pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kapos killed the pig afterwards.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Nomnga mï anganikaen lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ behind-let-NMLZ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Nomnga killed the second pig.