lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambla=wana-uni-e na-i
Glosses: PL.REFL=feel-shout-DEP DETR-go.PFV
Translation: Calling to each other, they went.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï kenmbu ma=ina-ka-wana
Glosses: 1SG problem 3SG.OBJ=liver-at-feel
Translation: I thought about the problem.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungolke ngala ango ndï=ina-ka-wana
Glosses: child PL.PROX NEG 3PL=liver-at-feel
Translation: But these children aren’t thinking about them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï na-top-in-ka
Glosses: 1SG DETR-throw-in-let
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: atana mï ko ma=ala-kamb
Glosses: older.sister 3SG.SUBJ just 3SG.OBJ=from-shun
Translation: The older sister disapproved of it.
Language: English
Transcription: ndï=n u-nji uta ma=in-u-p
Glosses: 3PL=OBL 2SG-POSS shell 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: [They] put them in your dish.’ [ulwa014_39:19]
Language: English
Transcription: ndï amun ndï=wat-lo-p-e
Glosses: 3PL now 3PL=atop-cut-PFV-DEP
Translation: They have just now cleared them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ma=p-e ndï=wat-lo-e
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP 3PL=atop-cut-IPFV
Translation: I cleared them there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam ambi mï tïn njukuta ma=asa-p
Glosses: person big 3SG.SUBJ dog small 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The big person hit the small dog.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï-nji i anma mï ndï=ul i
Glosses: 3PL-POSS way good 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=with go.PFV
Translation: Their good behavior has gone with them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nï-nji wandam ambi anda=lo-p
Glosses: 1SG 1SG-POSS jungle big SG.DIST=cut-PFV
Translation: I cleared that big garden of mine.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïmal wapata ma=in p-e apa ita-e ma=wap
Glosses: river old 3SG.OBJ=in be-DEP house build-IPFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST
Translation: [They] were building houses in the old river there.’ [ulwa032_27:47]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mïnkïn ndï wutota
Glosses: sago.species 3PL tall
Translation: The sago palms are tall.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji wutï ambatïm ngala tembi=p-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS foot joint PL.PROX bad=COP-DEP
Translation: My knees are bad.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï anma=p-na
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ good=COP-IRR
Translation: It [= sago starch] will be good.’ [ulwa014_60:25]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambi mï ngunan=u ndï=tï-na
Glosses: big 3SG.SUBJ 1DU.INCL=from 3PL=take-IRR
Translation: The big man will get them from us.’ (Literally ‘the big [one]’) [ulwa014_33:46]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tembi ndï=ina-p
Glosses: bad 3PL=get-PFV
Translation: [I] got the bad ones [= tobacco plants].’ [ulwa037_55:49]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tembi ngala=ul inda-e
Glosses: bad PL.PROX=with walk-IPFV
Translation: [They] walk around with these sick ones [= children].’ [ulwa014_47:09]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: waembïl ankam anda i
Glosses: white person SG.DIST go.PFV
Translation: That white person came.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: tembi ankam ala imba p-e
Glosses: bad person PL.DIST night be-IPFV
Translation: Those bad people are around at night.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: tembi nji ala ala ndï=tï inda-na
Glosses: bad thing PL.DIST PL.DIST 3PL=take walk-IRR
Translation: Those bad things – they will bring them [here].’ [ulwa037_20:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï-awa ndï-nji kalam anda=ul lo-e
Glosses: 3PL-INT 3PL-POSS knowledge SG.DIST=with go-IPFV
Translation: They went around with their knowledge.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yena ambi anda u kalam anda
Glosses: woman big SG.DIST 2SG knowledge SG.DIST
Translation: You’re a grown woman; you know well.’ (Literally ‘[You] are that big woman; you are that knowledgeable [woman].’) [ulwa032_09:04]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï u=kalam=p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 2SG=knowledge=COP-DEP
Translation: She knows you.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango ndï=kalam
Glosses: 1SG NEG 3PL=knowledge
Translation: I don’t know about them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: na ndï anjikaka=p-e i kalam=p-na
Glosses: and 3PL how=COP-DEP way knowledge=COP-IRR
Translation: And how are they going to know [good] behavior?’ (na < TP na ‘and’) [ulwa014_41:07]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: tembi mï maka=p-e tïlwa anda=u unda-en
Glosses: bad 3SG.SUBJ thus=COP-DEP road SG.DIST=from go-NMLZ
Translation: The sickness is one that goes along this kind of road.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: tembi nji ala u=n u ma=tï tembi tï ma=na-nda
Glosses: bad thing PL.DIST 2SG=OBL from 3SG.OBJ=take bad take 3SG.OBJ=give-IRR
Translation: Bad things will take her from you and give her sickness.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u tembi=p-ta
Glosses: 2SG bad=COP-COND
Translation: You may be sick [someday].’ [ulwa014_13:10]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn apïn wat mï imbam-ka
Glosses: dog fire atop 3SG.SUBJ run-let
Translation: The fast dog ran.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anma wana-ni-e ma=ul lo-p-e i
Glosses: good feel-act-IPFV 3SG.OBJ=with go-PFV-DEP yay
Translation: [They] were happy, went with him, [and said:] “yay!”.’ [ulwa035_03:50]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ndï wa amamas=p-e ma=ul lo-p-en
Glosses: 3PL just happy=COP-DEP 3SG.OBJ=with go-PFV-NMLZ
Translation: They were just happy and went with him.’ (amamas = TP)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: inim u kwa ma=n anma la-n
Glosses: water 2SG just 3SG.OBJ=OBL good eat-IMP
Translation: Water – just drink it well!
Language: Yuat
Transcription: Kambok inom ngusuwa ndin asi-ka ndï=ula-e
Glosses: Kambuku mother poor 3DU ? sit-let 3PL=weave-IPFV
Translation: Two poor women from Kambuku [village] used to sit and weave them.’ [ulwa014_42:11]
Language: Yuat
Transcription: wik wopa kwa anda nini ndin=tï-na
Glosses: week all one SG.DIST two 3DU?=take-IRR
Translation: for all of one week, or two’ (wik = TP)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji anapa mï atal-a-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS sister 3SG.SUBJ laughter-break-PFV
Translation: My sister laughed.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u-nji aweta mï anma
Glosses: 2SG-POSS friend 3SG.SUBJ good
Translation: Your friend is nice.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma-nji wonmi ndï namli=p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS hair 3PL soft=COP
Translation: Her hair is soft.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï lïmndï ndï-nji aweta ma=ala
Glosses: 3PL eye 3PL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: They saw their friend.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ginami mï inim ma=u ma-njii/j aweta ndï=tï ata-lï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ water 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ-POSS friend 3PL=take up-put-PFV
Translation: Ginam pulled her friends out of the water.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ginami mï inim ma=u ambï-njii/*j aweta ndï=tï ata-lï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ water 3SG.OBJ=from SG.REFL-POSS friend 3PL=take up-put-PFV
Translation: Ginam pulled her own friends out of the water.
Language: Latin
Transcription: nï lïmndï ambï-nji aweta ma=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye SG.REFL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: I saw my own friend.
Language: Latin
Transcription: min lïmndï ambin-nji aweta ma=ala
Glosses: 3DU eye DU.REFL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: The two of them saw their own friend.
Language: Latin
Transcription: un lïmndï ambla-nji aweta ndï=ala
Glosses: 2PL eye PL.REFL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: You saw your own friends.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma-nji anma ndï apa ma=p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS good 3PL house 3SG.OBJ=be
Translation: His good ones [= daughters] are in the house.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji njukuta mï wandam i
Glosses: 1SG-POSS small 3SG.SUBJ jungle go.PFV
Translation: My small one [= dog] went into the jungle.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u-nji apa mï njukuta=p nï-nji mï ambi=p
Glosses: 2SG-POSS house 3SG.SUBJ small=COP 1SG-POSS 3SG.SUBJ big=COP
Translation: Your house is small; mine is big.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kayta ma-nji tïn mï nï-nji asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS dog 3SG.SUBJ 1SG-POSS hit-PFV
Translation: Kayta’s dog attacked mine.
Language: English
Transcription: Tambana mï ambï=wali-nda
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ SG.REFL=hit-IRR
Translation: Tambana will hit herself.
Language: English
Transcription: mï ambï=tï nïmal ndï=lï-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ SG.REFL=take river 3PL=put-PFV
Translation: It has put itself in the rivers.
Language: English
Transcription: nï ambï=nakap ma=ul uni-e
Glosses: 1SG SG.REFL=for 3SG.OBJ=with shout-IPFV
Translation: I was yelling at her on my own behalf.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngun ambin=kalam=p
Glosses: 2DU DU.REFL=knowledge=COP
Translation: You two know yourselves.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungol ndï ambla=tï na-i
Glosses: child 3PL PL.REFL=take DETR-go.PFV
Translation: The children brought themselves [to go along].’ [ulwa014_60:09]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan ambla=kol-p
Glosses: 1PL.INCL PL.REFL=break-PFV
Translation: We have broken ourselves.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ay ndï=nïkï-p ndï=n ambla=n u-p
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=na-nda na-ta-e
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=wali-nda ambï=ul unda-t-e na-kï-p
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 kï-p
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 lo-p ndï=iya wa lo-p ndï=ul ambla=asa-p
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=wali-nda
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=asa-p
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=asa-p
Glosses: [name] [name] 3DU DU.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: Kolpe and Womel fought each other.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunan ambin=lu ndï=ta-na
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 uni-e
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=la-nda ma-n-e
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=at-ta ndï na ambla=kï-p
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 na-p-e 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: an lïmndï an=ala
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL eye 1PL.EXCL=see
Translation: We saw ourselves.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: olsem nï lïmndï nï=ala
Glosses: thus 1SG eye 1SG=see
Translation: I see myself like this.’ (i.e., ‘I view myself as a person from Manu.’) (olsem = TP)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwa ni-p
Glosses: one die-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï kwa asa-p
Glosses: 1SG one hit-PFV
Translation: I killed someone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nji kwa li-u
Glosses: thing one down-put
Translation: Something fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï nji kwa ala
Glosses: 1SG eye thing one see
Translation: I saw something.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam kuma mbï-i-n
Glosses: person some here-come-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ya kuma li-u
Glosses: coconut some down-put
Translation: Some coconuts fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ya kuma ndï li-u
Glosses: coconut some 3PL down-put
Translation: Some coconuts fell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lïmndï ankam kuma ndï=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye person some 3PL=see
Translation: I saw some people.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ya kuma ndï=ama-p
Glosses: 1SG coconut some 3PL=eat-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango angos na i-e
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 ni-nda
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: ango angos na ndï=ta
Glosses: NEG what talk 3PL=say
Translation: [She] didn’t say anything to them.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango angos ama-e
Glosses: 1SG NEG what eat-IPFV
Translation: I’m not eating anything.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angos nji i-na-ta 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=asa-p
Glosses: one (3SG.SUBJ) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who killed the pigs?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma (min) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: some (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who [= which (two) people] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma (ndï) lamndu ndï=asa-p
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=asa-p
Glosses: what (3SG.SUBJ) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What killed the pigs?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angos (min) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: what (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What [= which (two) things] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: angos (ndï) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: what (3PL) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What [= which (three or more) things] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: English
Transcription: u lïmndï kwa ma=ala
Glosses: 2SG eye one 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: Whom did you see?
Language: English
Transcription: yata mï kuma ndï=asa-p
Glosses: man 3SG.SUBJ some 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Whom [= which people] did the man hit?’ [elicited]
Language: English
Transcription: u angos ma=tï-n
Glosses: 2SG what 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: What did you take?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungol mï angos min=angla-lo-p
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=ama-p
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=ama-p
Glosses: 2SG which banana (3SG.SUBJ) 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Which banana did you eat?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango nungolke nï-nji yot ma=tï-n
Glosses: which child 1SG-POSS machete 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: Which child took my machete?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u ango apa ndï=ita-p
Glosses: 2SG which house 3PL=build-PFV
Translation: Which houses did you build?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwa-nji nungol (mï) nï-nji yot tï-n
Glosses: one-POSS child (3SG.SUBJ) 1SG-POSS machete take-PFV
Translation: Whose child took my machete?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda kwa-nji mana
Glosses: SG.DIST one-POSS spear
Translation: Whose spear is that?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u kuma-nji apa ma=ita-p
Glosses: 2SG some-POSS house 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV
Translation: Whose [plural] house did you build?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-awa lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: 1SG-INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: I myself killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kayta ma-awa lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kayta himself killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u-awa utam ndï=wana-p
Glosses: 2SG-INT yam 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: You yourself cooked the yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-we lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: 1SG-PART.INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: I myself [in the group] killed the pig.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï-we i
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT go.PFV
Translation: They themselves [out of a group] went.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kolpe Kongos ambin-we lamndu ndï=asa-p-e na-kï-p
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: ndï-we awa nïmal nga=ita-e ma=u li-i-en
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: ma-nji nji ngala ndï-we 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: ndï-we awa ma=n ni-e
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT INT 3SG.OBJ=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: They themselves do it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma-ngusuwa we i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor alone go.PFV
Translation: The poor thing went alone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï we alum nga=ul mbï-ka lo-wo-nda
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: mï-nam amun ma=si-al Dumngul nungol nga=wat-aw-e
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: ina-p u=ul i-en ndï-nam
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 anda-nam
Glosses: ah SG.DIST-EMPH
Translation: Ah, that one!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga-nam u nï=n lïmndï nga=ka nï=asa-e
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: ngunan-ambi ango lïmndï ma-nji pamili ndï=ala-e
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 nï-ambi 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: unan-ambi unan-nji wa ilum nga-ambi 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 ma-ambi 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: nï-ambi ma=andïm ma Wopata ma ma=p-na
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 ma-ambi an-mbï mbï-p-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-TOP out-here here-be-IPFV
Translation: As for Tarambi, he stays outside.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma-ambi=la-ka-n nï na-kamb-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-TOP=IRR-let-IMP 1SG DETR-shun-PFV
Translation: Forget it; I’ve had enough.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: maka=p-e i ma-ambi ma-ambi=na-la-ka-ta
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: nï-nji uta ala ko ndï-ambi=la-ka-ta ndï nï=n ma=p-n
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: ma-ambi=la-ka-na
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-TOP=IRR-let-IRR
Translation: Shocking!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yawa ngusuwa anda ma u=nap ma=tï i-ap
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 ne-p
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: Paulus ngusuwa mï numbu ma na=n nï=ta
Glosses: [name] poor 3SG.SUBJ garamut 3SG.OBJ talk=OBL 1SG=say
Translation: Poor Paulus told me about the ironwood tree.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Donna maka wombïn tï tawatïp ngusuwa ala=na-n-e
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: ngunan-nji itom ngusuwa min-we ya ndï=n aw-e
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: ma-ngusuwa ya ndï=n num u-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor coconut 3PL=OBL canoe put-PFV
Translation: The poor thing put coconuts in the canoe.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma-ngusuwa mbï-p-e sal=ïn nï=sa-p
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: ma-ngusuwata nga=tï i-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor SG.PROX=take go.PFV-DEP
Translation: The poor thing brought this.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u-ngusuwa ma=tï ambï=ul na-ma-na
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: ngun-ngusuwa 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 un-ngusuwata
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=say 2PL-poor
Translation: [I] said: “You poor things!”’ [ulwa014_47:29]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï-ngusuwa ma=i we ma=tï-n ma=tï mbï-i
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: ndï-ngusuwata mbï-p-e ma=ta-n-e wap-en
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 li-u
Glosses: spear 3SG.SUBJ down-put
Translation: The spear fell.
Language: English
Transcription: wot yana mï lïmndï ma=ala
Glosses: younger woman 3SG.SUBJ eye 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: The younger sister saw her.
Language: English
Transcription: sokoy mï ango anma=p tembi
Glosses: tobacco 3SG.SUBJ NEG good=COP bad
Translation: The tobacco isn’t good; [it’s] bad.’ [ulwa037_53:09]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom ndï isi=n ndï=wana-p
Glosses: father 3PL soup=OBL 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: The men cooked them in soup.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum ndï sa-e
Glosses: child 3PL cry-IPFV
Translation: The children were crying.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn min ma=u maka lamndu ko=n an-mbï-asa
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 i-ta nï asi-la-ka ma=n ma=kï-na
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 an-mbï-i
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=wali-nda
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: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ambi mï keka ma=tï nin ndï=lï
Glosses: big 3SG.SUBJ completely 3SG.OBJ=take thorn 3PL=put
Translation: The big one [= a pig] completely got him and put [him] on thorns.’ [ulwa020_01:37]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji ndï anma i-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS 3PL good go.PFV-DEP
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [ulum ndï] [ndï-nji ala wo]
Glosses: [palm 3PL] [3PL-POSS PL.DIST own]
Translation: The sago palms are their very own.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [inom ndï] [wandam itom ala]
Glosses: [mother 3PL] [jungle father PL.DIST]
Translation: The mothers are the land owners.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [ya ndï] [ambi nji ala]
Glosses: [coconut 3PL] [big thing PL.DIST]
Translation: Coconuts are big things.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [Supam Sinanam min] [atana wot]
Glosses: [[name] [name] 3DU] [older.sister younger]
Translation: Supam and Sinanam were sisters.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Carobim min wa ma=p-e
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=lo-p
Glosses: [name] 3PL 3SG.OBJ=go-PFV
Translation: Dorothy and the others went there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Otto ndï=kï-na
Glosses: [name] 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: [We] will tell Otto and the others.’ [ulwa038_04:08]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yeta nungol ndï=nap lo-e
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 lo-e
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 ma-nji ay ma=ama-p
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ-POSS sago 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Mother ate her sago.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom ma-nji ay ma=ama-p
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=ne-p
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=ne-p
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=kot-p
Glosses: [name] woman (3SG.SUBJ) 3DU=break-PFV
Translation: The woman Alkumot bore them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Biwat Ø ata-i
Glosses: [place] (3PL) up-go.PFV
Translation: The Biwat [people] went up.’ [ulwa002_01:07]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Ambawanam Ngata Ø i uni-p
Glosses: [name] grand (3SG.SUBJ) go.PFV shout-PFV
Translation: Ambawanam Ngata came and shouted.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Elias Ø tïnanga
Glosses: [name] (3SG.SUBJ) arise
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: lamndu Ø keka ndï=ama-p ulwa=p
Glosses: pig (3SG.SUBJ) completely 3PL=eat-PFV nothing=COP
Translation: A pig completely ate them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam Ø ulwa=p
Glosses: person (3PL) nothing=COP
Translation: No one is left.’ (Literally ‘People are nothing.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kumba ma=u i-e na ndï ulwa na-p
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=wana-p
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ yam 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV
Translation: Mother cooked the yam.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï utam min=wana-p
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ yam 3DU=cook-PFV
Translation: Mother cooked two yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï utam ndï=wana-p
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ yam 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: Mother cooked the yams.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: dog 3PL pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lamndu min=asa-p
Glosses: dog 3PL pig 3DU=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed two pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: dog 3PL pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed the pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nïpïl ma=mop-lï-p
Glosses: 1SG vine 3SG.OBJ=tie-put-PFV
Translation: I tied the rope.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nïpïl min=mop-lï-p
Glosses: 1SG vine 3DU=tie-put-PFV
Translation: I tied two ropes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nïpïl ndï=mop-lï-p
Glosses: 1SG vine 3PL=tie-put-PFV
Translation: I tied the ropes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda ma=ama-e
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-IPFV
Translation: The dog is eating the banana.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda ma=ama-p
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: The dog ate the banana.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn mï mïnda ma=la-nda
Glosses: dog 3SG.SUBJ banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: The dog will eat the banana.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï inmi mini=nïkï-p
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ hole 3DU.OBJ=dig=PFV
Translation: Father dug two holes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï num min=lo-p
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ canoe 3DU=cut-PFV
Translation: Father carved two canoes.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wondi inom min ndï mini=nïkï-e isi u-p
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 lï-p
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: u-nji yenat ngin min=nap ma-na na[-kï-p]
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=ita-p-e ma=tï ma=na-nda
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 ita-p
Glosses: 3PL fence build-PFV
Translation: They built a fence.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: un ay nïkï-p
Glosses: 2PL sago dig-PFV
Translation: Did you make sago?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: imba na-p-e ay ndï=nïkï-p ndï=n ambla=n u-p
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 ata-i
Glosses: [name] go.PFV coconut 3SG.OBJ=toward up-go.PFV
Translation: Kayngam went, climbed up a coconut tree.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: imba p-e 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 mbï-i
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: ma-nji 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 i-e
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=na-na-p
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 u-p ndï=ama-p
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=asa-p
Glosses: PL.DIST 1SG thing INDF=hit-PFV
Translation: Guys, I killed something!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango wolka nungolke ko=tï-n
Glosses: 1SG NEG again child INDF=take-PFV
Translation: I didn’t have another child.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kayngam Kayngam wam nga=tï ma ya ko=iya ma
Glosses: [name] [name] strap SG.PROX=take go coconut INDF=toward go
Translation: Kayngam, Kayngam, go get this tree-climbing strap and go up a coconut tree!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Plas mï ango ma i=n nji ko=n mbï-lï-p
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=tï-n
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=na-n
Glosses: betel.nut INDF=take 1SG=give-IMP
Translation: Please pass the betel nut!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kaw nungol ko=tï nï=na-ta
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 lo-p kwa ma=lo-p lï-p ma=ale-p
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 ni-e
Glosses: 1SG one 3SG.OBJ=with act-IPFV
Translation: I was making one [= an armband].’ [ulwa015_01:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji wot yana kwa mï ni-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS younger woman one 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Translation: One younger sister of mine has died.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ma=ita-e
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: They were building it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan ma=iya mbï-i-e
Glosses: 1PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=toward here-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: We came here to him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï nokop-lï-p lïmndï ma=ala
Glosses: 3PL hide-put-PFV eye 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: They hid and saw her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ma=n min=ta
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3DU=say
Translation: I told them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango ndï=tï-n
Glosses: 1SG NEG 3PL=take-PFV
Translation: I didn’t get them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï nï=asa-p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 1SG=hit-PFV-DEP
Translation: He hit me.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga mïnjika=n ngan=ta
Glosses: SG.PROX speech=OBL 1DU.EXCL=say
Translation: This one spoke to us.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wondi anda=tï ngunan=na-ta ngunan ma=atï-m
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: yalum un yanat un ango kïkal an=wana
Glosses: grandchild 2PL daughter 2PL NEG ear 1PL.EXCL=feel
Translation: You granddaughters and you daughters don’t listen to us.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï kïkal unan=wana mïnja m
Glosses: 3PL ear 1PL.INCL=feel speech hm
Translation: They will hear us and say: “Hm!”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngan ngun=iya ma=in i-e
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 ma-na
Glosses: 1SG 2PL=with village go-IRR
Translation: I will go with you to the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom nga ma=wana-p-e
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: wandam nga ambi ngata=p
Glosses: jungle SG.PROX big grand=COP
Translation: This garden is very big.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom ngin li nga=p-en
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 p-e
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=wali-nda i nï ma=asa-p
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 ata-u im anda=wat-aw-e
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=ta-e
Glosses: SG.DIST 3SG.OBJ=OBL 2SG=say-DEP
Translation: That one told you: …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: andin wot ko=kot nï=angani na-lï-p
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 u-nji 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: nï-nji nungol ngala mbï-p-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS child PL.PROX here-be-IPFV
Translation: My children live here.’ (Literally ‘these children of mine’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï-nji inom anda kïkal wopa
Glosses: 1SG-POSS mother SG.DIST ear all
Translation: That mother of mine was deaf.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u-nji inom tembi anda
Glosses: 2SG-POSS mother bad SG.DIST
Translation: that poor mother of yours
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma-nji na ngala mï ndï=ta-na
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=lumo-p-ta ndï mï=na-p-na
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 i-e tïn anda lamndu nungol ko=asa-p-e
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=ma-na
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 won-la-ka-n
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=u-p ma=u kundan nïpat nga=tï-n
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 ma-nji anaw nga=tï-n
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: anul ma=in i wonmbi ngin=tï ma=in i
Glosses: grassland 3SG.OBJ=in go.PFV tusk DU.PROX=take 3SG.OBJ=in go.PFV
Translation: [He] went into the grass, got these two tusks, and went in.’ [ulwa001_13:04]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum ma=kot-p an ma=ul mbï-wap
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 mbï-u ulwa=p-e
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 mbï-p-e
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=ita-p ma=tï ata-lï wap ma inim anda=n nï ma=kïke lo-nda
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 mbï-p-na
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=p-ta apa anda=ita-na
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: English
Transcription: oke li ngata ngusuwa nga Kayta Amombi Yokombla Yaruwa Kayngam
Glosses: ok down grand poor SG.PROX [name] [name] [name] [name] [name]
Translation: OK, the downstream ancestors, the poor things, were as follows: Kayta, Amombi, Yokombla, Yaruwa, and Kayngam.’ (oke < TP oke ‘OK’)
Language: English
Transcription: ini na nga mï ambi=p
Glosses: ground talk SG.PROX 3SG.SUBJ big=COP
Translation: This talk about land is big – it [has gotten] big.’ [ulwa037_39:04]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=asa-e na anda unan asi-ka ma=ta-p
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: na anma anda
Glosses: talk good SG.DIST
Translation: That’s good talk.’ (i.e., ‘I agree with you.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï anganika ngan=ul i
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ after 1DU.EXCL=with go.PFV
Translation: Later, the mother came with the two of us.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom nga na=n ma=kï-ta
Glosses: mother SG.PROX talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say-COND
Translation: If this mother tells him …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an-nji ngata ngala=ul inda-e
Glosses: 1PL-POSS grand PL.PROX=with walk-IPFV
Translation: [We] walked around with our grandparents.’ [ulwa013_04:25]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an-nji ngata ala ndï=tï inda-e
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS grand PL.DIST 3PL=take walk-IPFV
Translation: Our ancestors used to carry them around.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Maria nga na=n ndï=ta
Glosses: [name] SG.PROX talk=OBL 3PL=say
Translation: Maria told them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a nï-nji aweta anda ko ma=tï-na
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: nï-nji yawa nga itom ndï-nji tana ma=tï ni-en
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 si-ta
Glosses: sun SG.PROX push-COND
Translation: Whenever it was dry season …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango li ma lïmndï ata-u ane nga=andï-na
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 na-ma-n-e
Glosses: ah sun SG.DIST down DETR-go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Ah, the sun is setting.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: iwïl anda li-i-e wa imba p-e
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: an-we iwïl mï ata na-i na-i
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 na-ma-n-e
Glosses: sun DETR-go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: The sun is setting.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambi nga-nji na nga unan=iya mbï-i
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 nga-we unan i-kali 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=ina-ka-wana
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 an-mbï na-lï-p
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 ata-u anmoka anda apïnal anda=u an-mbï-i
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: nï-ambi 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 i-na ma-n-e
Glosses: airplane SG.DIST come-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: An airplane was going to come.’ (mbalus < TP balus ‘dove, airplane’)
Language: English
Transcription: lapun nga lamndu nga=asa
Glosses: old.person SG.PROX pig SG.PROX=hit
Translation: This old man killed this pig!’ (lapun = TP)
Language: English
Transcription: mï ya uta ngin=a-nda
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ coconut shell DU.PROX=break-IRR
Translation: He will break these two coconut shells.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wambana ngala=moko-e
Glosses: fish PL.PROX=take-IPFV
Translation: [They] were catching fish.’ [ulwa032_22:37]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mota wulis anda=ita-p
Glosses: bamboo.species platform SG.DIST=build-PFV
Translation: [They] built that bamboo raft.’ [ulwa002_00:14]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: sokoy andin=n lapa-p
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=uta-ta ndï=ul wa unda-na
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]