lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Yokombla mï min=anganikaen lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ 3DU=before-let-NMLZ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Yokombla killed the third pig.’ (Literally ‘Yokombla killed the pig, the one following two.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Amiwa mï ndï=anganikaen lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=before-let-NMLZ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Amiwa killed the fourth pig.’ (Literally ‘Amiwa killed the pig, the one following them [more than two].’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ala ay ma=nïkïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=for sago 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV
Translation: [They] made sago for him.’ [ulwa011_01:21]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï u=ala wa man
Glosses: 1SG 2SG=from village go-IPFV
Translation: I’m going from you to the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=andï sakla itap ma=tï ma=lï unda mane
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=for platform build-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=put go go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] were going to build a stretcher for him, put [him] on it, and go.’ [ulwa029_09:57]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=lakan ndï ndï=andïla ndï=pn
Glosses: 3PL=IRR-let-IMP 3PL 3PL=await 3PL=be-IMP
Translation: Let them be there waiting for them!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma=n ndï=angla kontena ma=inup
Glosses: some=OBL 3PL=await container 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: [I] put some [bananas] in the container to wait for them.’ (kontena = TP) [ulwa014_17:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: namndu wa anmbïi apa imbam ie
Glosses: pig just out-here-go.PFV house under go.PFV-DEP
Translation: The pigs have just come out and gone under the houses.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: sinokoy=nï ma=in nïkïna mane
Glosses: crop=OBL 3SG.OBJ=in dig-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [I] am going to plant crops in it [= the garden].’ [ulwa042_03:38]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u ma=tï ma ma=tï nï=ipka ma=lïta
Glosses: 2SG 3SG.OBJ=take go 3SG.OBJ=take 1SG=before 3SG.OBJ=put-COND
Translation: Take her, go, and put her ahead of me!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ndï=tï ulum ndï=iya undae
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=take palm 3PL=toward go-IPFV
Translation: They take them and go to the sago palms.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: samban ka ndï=wanap
Glosses: pot at 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: [They] cooked them in the pot.’ [ulwa037_44:54]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: min tane inmi ma=kanam lïp
Glosses: 3DU stand hole 3SG.OBJ=near put-PFV
Translation: The two were standing near the hole.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ma=tane ndïl ndï=moni lïp
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=stand pandanus 3PL=among put-PFV
Translation: I stood it among the pandanus.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï way ma=nakap tïnanga sae
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ turtle 3SG.OBJ=for arise cry-IPFV
Translation: The father got up and began to cry on account of the turtle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kalam nga ndï ma=nap an=walie
Glosses: knowledge SG.PROX 3PL 3SG.OBJ=for 1PL.EXCL=hit-IPFV
Translation: This knowledge – they are killing us on account of it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï tïlwa ma=u ma=tï ine
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ road 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ=take come-PFV-DEP
Translation: She carried her along the road.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ipka ma=n ango alum tïngïn lu indae
Glosses: 3PL before 3SG.OBJ=OBL NEG child many with walk-IPFV
Translation: In the past, they wouldn’t go around with lots of children.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï apïn ma=laamap ma=wan utape
Glosses: 1SG fire 3SG.OBJ=IRR-eat-PFV 3SG.OBJ=above grind-PFV-DEP
Translation: When I’ve burned it and cleared over it …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ata ma mïka anda=wat namana
Glosses: up go tree.species SG.DIST=atop DETR-go-IRR
Translation: [He] will go up, go onto that tree.’ [ulwa029_04:51]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Yawat mï Sinda kanam pe amae
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ [name] beside be-DEP eat-IPFV
Translation: The spear is next to the tree.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï manji ya ngala=imbam pe
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ-POSS coconut PL.PROX=under be-IPFV
Translation: I am under his coconut trees.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngata anda undae ndï=wat pe
Glosses: grand SG.DIST go-DEP 3PL=atop be-IPFV
Translation: Our ancestor used to go around over them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngïm anda=in pe wa ala=itae ie
Glosses: cloud SG.DIST=in be-DEP village PL.DIST=build-DEP go.PFV-DEP
Translation: Living in that cloud, [he] was building village after village.’ [ulwa009_00:06]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom ndï umbe nungol ndï=ul pna
Glosses: mother 3PL tomorrow child 3PL=with be-IRR
Translation: The mothers will be with the children tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunan=n atau inkaw nga=wat pen ngala
Glosses: 1DU.INCL=OBL up-from mountain SG.PROX=atop be-NMLZ PL.PROX
Translation: these [people] who live atop the mountains above us’ [ulwa014_59:55]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: sïtik mï kïka tïlwa ma=in pen
Glosses: stick 3SG.SUBJ white.ant road 3SG.OBJ=in be-NMLZ
Translation: the stick that is in the white ant track’ (sïtik = TP stik)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan amun lïmndï maka=pe i ma=andïm
Glosses: 1PL.INCL now eye thus=COP-DEP way 3SG.OBJ=see-PFV
Translation: We have now seen this kind of behavior.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji itom mï lïmndï nï=ala
Glosses: 1SG-POSS father 3SG.SUBJ eye 1SG=see
Translation: My father saw me.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï wa i lïmndï wa ma=alae
Glosses: 3PL village go.PFV eye village 3SG.OBJ=see-DEP
Translation: They went home and saw the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam moweka ango lïmndï ma=andïna
Glosses: person also NEG eye 3SG.OBJ=see-IRR
Translation: Nor would people see it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan amun mbïi
Glosses: 1PL.INCL now here-go.PFV
Translation: We’ve now come here.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï amun anmbïi wema weunda
Glosses: 1SG now out-here-go.PFV pangal cut-put-IRR
Translation: I came out recently to cut pangal [= palm fronds].’ [ulwa038_04:55]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: awal anambi keka we ulwa=p
Glosses: yesterday 1PL.EXCL-TOP completely sago nothing=COP
Translation: As for us, we were completely out of sago yesterday.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan umbe wolka ina
Glosses: 1PL.INCL tomorrow again come-IRR
Translation: We’ll come again tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: umbe unan angos wombïn=n ninda
Glosses: tomorrow 1PL.INCL what work=OBL act-IRR
Translation: What [sort of] work will we do tomorrow?’ [ulwa030_01:43]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï umbe ma=ul mana
Glosses: 1SG tomorrow 3SG.OBJ=with go-IRR
Translation: I would go with her tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngan ango amun wolka ma=ie
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL NEG now again 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV-DEP
Translation: We have not gone there again lately.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: amun yalum ngala wolka mbïulop
Glosses: now grandchild PL.PROX again here-from-go-PFV
Translation: Now these grandsons came around here again.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï amun wa ndï=alee
Glosses: 3PL now just 3PL=scrape-IPFV
Translation: Nowadays they just scrape them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï wa amun kuli ata [na]p
Glosses: 3PL just now throw up [DETR]-be
Translation: Now they are just coming up well.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ay nganam amun Prayde
Glosses: ay SG.PROX-EMPH now Friday
Translation: Ay, that’s it, today is Friday.’ (Prayde = TP Fraide)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: umbe anmbïi angos mundu mï anma=pta u ma=landa
Glosses: tomorrow out-here-go.PFV what food 3SG.SUBJ good=COP-COND 2SG 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: When tomorrow comes what food will be good for you to eat?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unji nungol ngala amun=pe kalam nga=ul mane
Glosses: 2SG-POSS child PL.PROX now=COP-DEP knowledge SG.PROX=with go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Your children are still in school.’ (Literally ‘going with this knowledge’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: olsem nï amun=pe njukuta=pe
Glosses: thus 1SG now=COP-DEP small=COP-DEP
Translation: Like, when I was still small …’ (olsem = TP)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wowal amun=pta ata pta unan ko nalo
Glosses: chicken now=COP-COND up be-COND 1PL.INCL just DETR-go
Translation: When the chickens are still up [in the trees], let’s just go!’ [ulwa031_03:31]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango amun=pe ata i ma=tïna
Glosses: NEG now=COP-DEP up go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR
Translation: [It] wouldn’t go up and get him immediately.’ [ulwa006_02:32]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u amun=pe wol ulwa=p
Glosses: 2SG now=COP-DEP breast nothing=COP
Translation: You don’t have breasts yet.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: awal pe inim ndï=n apïn up ay ndï=nïkïp
Glosses: afternoon be-DEP water 3PL=OBL fire put-PFV sago 3PL=dig-PFV
Translation: In the afternoon, [we] put water on the fire and made sago.’ [ulwa031_03:17]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mundu anglalota ma=wap awal pta
Glosses: food await-go-COND 3SG.OBJ=be.PST afternoon be-COND
Translation: If [they] were hunting for food, [they] would stay until afternoon.’ [ulwa029_07:20]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ipka ankam ango ulum alepen
Glosses: before person NEG palm scrape-PFV-NML
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ipka ala=n malan upe
Glosses: 1SG before PL.DIST=OBL hot.water put-PFV-DEP
Translation: I boiled those first.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji inom mï ipka apa ma=u lii
Glosses: 1SG-POSS mother 3SG.SUBJ before house 3SG.OBJ=from down-go.PFV
Translation: My mother went down around the house first.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï anganika ma wanam mana
Glosses: 1SG after 3SG.OBJ side go-IRR
Translation: I will go alongside her later.’ (Literally ‘go to her side’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Yaka anganika lii
Glosses: [name] after down-go.PFV
Translation: Yaka came down after.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u anganika ndï=tana
Glosses: 2SG after 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: Tell them later!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anambi itom ala=angani i
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-TOP father PL.DIST=behind go.PFV
Translation: As for us, we came after [our] fathers.’ [ulwa037_15:43]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji aweta anda nï=angani wonp
Glosses: 1SG-POSS friend SG.DIST 1SG=behind cut-PFV
Translation: That friend of mine has gone behind my back!’ (Literally ‘That friend of mine has cut behind me.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: e an tïn ala=ul un=ipka mbïie
Glosses: hey 1PL.EXCL dog PL.DIST=with 2PL=before here-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: Hey, we came here with those dogs before you!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngan ndï=ipka ien
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL 3PL=before go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: We two went ahead of them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u ta kalam=pe
Glosses: 2SG already knowledge=COP-DEP
Translation: You already know.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ta unji anapa ndï u inim nïkïpe
Glosses: already 2SG-POSS sister 3PL 2SG water dig-PFV-DEP
Translation: Already, your sisters have celebrated you.’ (Literally ‘have cut your water’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungolke ngala kuli li ma=lïp
Glosses: child PL.PROX throw down 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: These children have thrown [themselves] down there [= the water].’ [ulwa038_01:24]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wot nga=u ata mane
Glosses: younger SG.PROX=from up go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] were going upstream from this younger [village].’ [ulwa002_05:04]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=mepe ndï=tï li ma=i
Glosses: 3PL=sew-PFV-DEP 3PL=take down 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: He sewed them and brought them down there [i.e., downstream].’ [ulwa037_35:48]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: li ma=pe ngala ngala=iya ata mbïi
Glosses: down 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP PL.PROX PL.PROX=toward up here-go.PFV
Translation: These people from downstream came upstream here to these people.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: anda ngunan=iya li nain
Glosses: SG.DIST 1DU.INCL=toward down DETR-come-PFV
Translation: That one has come down to us [from the house].’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: na manji yalum ngala mbï indap
Glosses: and 3SG.OBJ-POSS grandchild PL.PROX here walk-PFV
Translation: And his grandchildren walked here.’ (na < TP na ‘and’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Atuma numan anda mï mbïi
Glosses: [name] husband SG.DIST 3SG.SUBJ here-go.PFV
Translation: Atuma’s husband – he came.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngata ala Wopata anda=u mbïi
Glosses: grandparent PL.DIST [place] SG.DIST=from here-go.PFV
Translation: The ancestors came here from Wopata.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ndï=tï anmbïlïp ndï=mokoe amblanane
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=take out-here-put-PFV 3PL=take-DEP PL.REFL=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: They got them out and shared them among themselves.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï wolka anmbïi
Glosses: 3PL again out-here-go.PFV
Translation: They went out again.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wolka ma=iya anmbïi ma=ul natana
Glosses: again 3SG.OBJ=toward out-here-go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=with DETR-say-IRR
Translation: Having come out to him, [we] will talk with him again.’ [ulwa037_59:34]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga=u Ganmali=n u mbïu ma=tïn mana
Glosses: SG.PROX=from [name]=OBL from here-from 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV go-IRR
Translation: From this [place], having gotten it from here, from Ganmali, [they] will go.’ [ulwa014_33:13]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=n mbïu inum awe
Glosses: 3PL=OBL here-from ground put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] bury them here.’ [ulwa028_04:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan we apa mbïu ulwa=p
Glosses: 1PL.INCL sago house here-from nothing=COP
Translation: We don’t have any sago here at home.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Owet yena ngusuwa anda mbïpe
Glosses: [name] woman poor SG.DIST here-be-IPFV
Translation: Owet’s wife, the poor thing, was here.
Language: English
Transcription: anda=u unan ma=pe
Glosses: SG.DIST=from 1PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: We are there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga nganji pul anda=u
Glosses: SG.PROX SG.PROX-POSS piece SG.DIST=from
Translation: This is this one’s piece [of the river] over there.’ [ulwa014_66:29]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: iwïl nga nu kukawe
Glosses: moon SG.PROX near gather-put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [The end of] this month is drawing near.’ [ulwa037_59:15]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ndï=ul ngaya mana awlop
Glosses: 1SG 3PL=with far go-IRR in.vain
Translation: I want to go far with them but can’t.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: amun ane nga=o apka nïpat awlu atau
Glosses: now sun SG.PROX=VOC very giant step up-from
Translation: Now, this sun has really come out very strong!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apïn keka ndï=n ma=ul amap
Glosses: fire completely 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=with eat-PFV
Translation: They [= saucepans] were totally burned with it [= the house].’ (Literally ‘Fire completely ate with them along with it.’) [ulwa014_32:40]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala keka tïlwa loe
Glosses: PL.DIST completely road go-IPFV
Translation: Those [children] make tracks all around.’ [ulwa032_13:09]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï keka nungunup
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ completely break-put-PFV
Translation: It broke completely.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mbïien maka nï kaka mbïpe
Glosses: here-go.PFV-NMLZ thus 1SG completely here-be-IPFV
Translation: Having come here, I have thus always stayed here.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom ndï moweka ango unan tïngïn inap
Glosses: mother 3PL also NEG 1PL.INCL many get-PFV
Translation: And another thing: [our] mothers didn’t have many of us.’ [ulwa014_46:29]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ango tïki itom luwa ndï=uloe
Glosses: 3PL NEG again father place 3PL=from-go-IPFV
Translation: They don’t go around in [their] father’s places anymore.’ [ulwa032_12:41]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango tïki ikali u=sina
Glosses: 1SG NEG again hand-send 2SG=push-IRR
Translation: I won’t hold you again.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango luwa tïki ko nji kuma ndï=tïna
Glosses: which place more just thing some 3PL=take-IRR
Translation: Where else could [we] get some things?’ [ulwa032_20:45]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïki unan angos natana
Glosses: again 1PL.INCL what DETR-say-IRR
Translation: What else should we say?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: amun unan keka maka=pe
Glosses: now 1PL.INCL completely thus=COP-DEP
Translation: But nowadays we are completely like this.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: maka=pen mï nai
Glosses: thus=COP-NMLZ 3SG.SUBJ DETR-go.PFV
Translation: That way has gone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Yetani ala=n u [maka=pe] ambet ma=tïn
Glosses: Yamen PL.DIST=OBL from [thus=COP-DEP] magic 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: [They] got magic like this from the Yamen people.’ [ulwa037_11:02]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u [makape nji] ulwata u awlop
Glosses: 2SG [thus=COP-DEP thing] nothing-COND 2SG in.vain
Translation: If you don’t have things like this, you’re lost!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: un [maka=pe] imba wombam nï=iya ita
Glosses: 2PL [thus=COP-DEP] night middle 1SG=toward go.PFV-COND
Translation: If you come to me like this in the middle of the night …
Language: English
Transcription: Wusimali maka in tï Kayta nane
Glosses: [name] thus get take [name] give-PFV-DEP
Translation: Wusimali, like, bought [an axe] and gave [it] to Kayta.’ [ulwa014_53:34]
Language: English
Transcription: annji maka ngata ndï ndï=ul ien
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS thus grand 3PL 3PL=with go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: Our, like, ancestors were the ones who went with them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï tap amun ina
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ maybe now come-IRR
Translation: He might come today.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tap umbe Kumba mana
Glosses: maybe tomorrow Bun go-IRR
Translation: Maybe tomorrow [I] will go to Bun [village].’ [ulwa037_48:48]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tap manji yawa nga=ul i
Glosses: maybe 3SG.OBJ-POSS uncle SG.PROX=with go.PFV
Translation: [He] might have gone with [his] uncle.’ [ulwa014_33:07]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kop nambï wiwila lakana
Glosses: please skin light IRR-let-IRR
Translation: Let [your] body [become] light!’ (i.e., wait until you are no longer pregnant [before attempting to play sports]) [ulwa032_34:43]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï kop lïmndï an=ul pe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ please eye 1PL.EXCL=with be-IPFV
Translation: She stays with us, watching [us] patiently.’ [ulwa013_00:42]
Language: English
Transcription: ay nï kwa apa mbïpe mane
Glosses: ay 1SG just house here-be-DEP go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Ay, am I just going to stay here?
Language: English
Transcription: lamndu ko min=amap
Glosses: pig just 3DU=eat-PFV
Translation: A pig ate them.
Language: English
Transcription: wa indae loe
Glosses: just walk-DEP go-IPFV
Translation: [We] would just walk around.’ [ulwa013_03:30]
Language: Ap Ma
Transcription: nï wa lolop i mangusuwa nji ma=lop lïp
Glosses: 1SG just just go.PFV 3SG.OBJ-poor thing 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV put-PFV
Translation: Frustratedly, I just went and cut the poor thing’s thing [= sago palm jungle].’ [ulwa014_06:37]
Language: Ap Ma
Transcription: unan wa lolop wa pe
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL just just village be-IPFV
Translation: We are just [hanging around] in the village.’ [ulwa037_09:40]
Language: Ap Ma
Transcription: nïambi tembi nape nï wa lolop indana
Glosses: 1SG-TOP bad DETR-be-DEP 1SG just just walk-IRR
Translation: As for me, I’m becoming unfit, so I’ll just go around [without worrying about other people].’ [ulwa032_47:49]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï woyambïn ndï=ul ndï=nanape
Glosses: 1SG pointlessly 3PL=with 3PL=DETR-feed-PFV-DEP
Translation: I fed them along with them [= my biological children] for nothing.’ (said in reference to ungrateful foster children) [ulwa032_47:28]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: na woyambïn ma=tane
Glosses: and pointlessly 3SG.OBJ=say-IPFV-DEP
Translation: But [we] are just wasting time talking about it.’ (na < TP na ‘and’) [ulwa037_07:36]
Language: English
Transcription: Biwat inim ma=inklop i atai ataie wolka nga=u nai wolka nga=u annji wandam nga=itae i
Glosses: [place] water 3SG.OBJ=in-cross go.PFV up-go.PFV up-go.PFV-DEP again SG.PROX=from DETR-go.PFV again SG.PROX=from 1PL.EXCL-POSS jungle SG.PROX=build-DEP go.PFV
Translation: [They] went following the Biwat river, went up. Having gone up, [they] came this way. And then from here, [they] came and built our jungle [area].’ [ulwa002_01:08]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: nïambi maweka nïnji ala wala luwa anda=p
Glosses: 1SG-TOP also 1SG-POSS PL.DIST far.off place SG.DIST=be
Translation: As for me, those [relatives] of mine are in a far-off place.’ [ulwa014_72:14]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: Kanangula moweka ango wa mbïwap
Glosses: [name] also NEG village here-be.PST
Translation: Kanangula did not [even bother to] stay in the village.’ [ulwa014_42:48]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kolpe manji mïngamata wonmi ndï=wonpop
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS whatchamacallit hair 3PL=cut-PFV-PFV
Translation: Kolpe had cut his – what’s it? – hair.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: andïl=pe ndï=misisinap
Glosses: careful=COP-DEP 3PL=arrange-PFV
Translation: [They] carefully arranged them.’ (Literally ‘Being careful, [they] arranged them.’) [ulwa014_68:39]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nambli lu manen
Glosses: feather with go-IPFV-NMLZ
Translation: [The water] is going quickly.’ (Literally ‘going with feather’) [ulwa038_04:40]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apïn=nï ma=wonlïp
Glosses: fire=OBL 3SG.OBJ=cut-put-PFV
Translation: [He] cut it down quickly.’ (Literally ‘cut it down with fire’) [ulwa013_08:17]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ma=wanata Supam=o
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=feel-say [name]=VOC
Translation: [They] called to her: “Supam!”’ [ulwa001_07:52]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ndï ndï=wanatae wot ala=o
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=feel-say-DEP younger PL.DIST=VOC
Translation: They called to them: “Younger brothers!”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ala=o un in=o
Glosses: PL.DIST=VOC 2PL come-IRR=VOC
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alanji amba anda=o
Glosses: PL.DIST-POSS mens.house SG.DIST=VOC
Translation: Over there they have magic!
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: maka=pe i mawnam
Glosses: thus=COP-DEP way thats.it
Translation: Behavior like that – that’s it.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: mawname mï kalam
Glosses: thats.it-DEP ? 3SG.SUBJ knowledge
Translation: That’s it, he knows.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mawname
Glosses: thats.it-DEP ? 
Translation: That’s right.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji lamndu ambi kwe anda
Glosses: 1SG-POSS pig big one SG.DIST
Translation: that one big pig of mine
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ambi anda wa lolop man
Glosses: big SG.DIST just just go-IPFV
Translation: That big [man] just goes around.’ [ulwa014_04:51]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nïnji ngala=tï u=nanda
Glosses: 1SG 1SG-POSS PL.PROX=take 2SG=give-IRR
Translation: I will give mine to you.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wonmbi ndï=tumulka
Glosses: tusk 3PL=bend-let
Translation: [They] bent the tusks.’ (This refers to a pair of tusks belonging to a single boar.) [ulw001_12:30]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wapa ambi tembi andawe nï ma=tï indae
Glosses: leaf big bad SG.DIST-PART.INT 1SG 3SG.OBJ=take walk-IPFV
Translation: That big, bad leaf alone – I’m taking it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïmbïl ambi nïpat ngata ma=itana mane
Glosses: fence big giant grand 3SG.OBJ=build-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [You] are going to build a big, huge, giant fence.’ [ulwa042_00:48]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wot yana Sinanam ma=nana
Glosses: younger woman [name] 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: [He] gave it to the younger sister Sinanam.’ [ulwa001_08:15]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom manji lamndu mï nip
Glosses: father 3SG.OBJ-POSS pig 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tïn ndï itom manji lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: dog 3PL father 3SG.OBJ-POSS pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The dogs killed father’s pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Manama manji wot mï mana ma=toplïp
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS younger 3SG.SUBJ spear 3SG.OBJ=throw-put-PFV
Translation: Manama’s younger brother threw the spear.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji atuma manji aweta mï tembi=p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS older.brother 3SG.OBJ-POSS friend 3SG.SUBJ bad=COP
Translation: My older brother’s friend is sick.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji tïn wo lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS dog own pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: His very own dog killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji na wo
Glosses: 1SG-POSS talk own
Translation: my very own story
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: annji wi wo
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS name own
Translation: It’s really our name.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Yetani alanji wo
Glosses: Yamen PL.DIST-POSS own
Translation: [He was] the Yamen people’s very own [ancestor].’ [ulwa002_03:19]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: upan nungol ndï=n nï=n ani up
Glosses: fish.species child 3PL=OBL 1SG=OBL bilum put-PFV
Translation: [She] put some small fish in my bilum [= string bag].’ [ulwa014_29:32]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ul i ma=n wandam ma=lïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=OBL jungle 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: [He] went with her and put her in his jungle [home].’ [ulwa001_03:30]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way mï asi ma=n wat wan ma=kae
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ sit 3SG.OBJ=OBL ladder above 3SG.OBJ=let-IPFV
Translation: The turtle was sitting at the top of his ladder.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: atana mï liu ma=tïn ma=tï ambï=n ame ma=inlïp
Glosses: older.sister 3SG.SUBJ down-from 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL=OBL basket 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: The older sister got him down and put him in her basket.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï i ngunnji mundu ilum kuma wananda
Glosses: 1SG go.PFV 2DU-POSS food little some cook-IRR
Translation: I will come and cook some food for you.’ (Literally ‘cook some little food of yours’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïnji na tïna mbïlop
Glosses: 3PL-POSS talk take-IRR here-go-PFV
Translation: [They] came here to have a talk for them [= their children].’ [ulwa032_32:54]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï manji ana ma=tï ma=nana
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ-POSS grass.skirt 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: I gave her a grass skirt.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma yawa mï i ma=kalilïpe
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ uncle 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=send-put-PFV-DEP
Translation: Her uncle went and sent her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ma inim amae
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ water eat-IPFV
Translation: He was drinking its nectar.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=i lïmndï ndï we imbïn ndï=utap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV eye 3SG.OBJ sago refuse 3PL=grind-PFV
Translation: [I] went and saw their sago refuse.’ (i.e., the water run-off from strained sago; literally ‘eye-ground’ for ‘saw’) [ulwa037_63:43]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Samuel yena anda sokoy mu ndï=kuklïp
Glosses: [name] wife SG.DIST tobacco seed 3PL=gather-put.PFV
Translation: Samuel’s wife gathered the tobacco seeds.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango wa i nïnji itom wandam ala=u lop
Glosses: 1SG NEG village go.PFV 1SG-POSS father jungle PL.DIST=from go-PFV
Translation: I haven’t gone to the village, gone around in my father’s jungles.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [Kayta=pe] anapa mï
Glosses: [[name]=COP-DEP] sister 3SG.SUBJ
Translation: Kayta’s sister’ (Literally ‘the sister that is [of] Kayta’) [ulwa014_21:14]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Lucy=pen anda
Glosses: [name]=COP-NMLZ SG.DIST
Translation: That [pot] is Lucy’s.’ (Literally ‘The one that is [of] Lucy [is] that [one].’) [ulwa014_17:38]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Albert=pen maka yena inom mï maka mu kuma=tï nï=nana
Glosses: [name]=COP-NMLZ thus woman mother 3SG.SUBJ thus seed some=take 1SG=give-PFV
Translation: Albert’s wife’s mother, like, gave me some seeds.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï apïn=n anul ndï=amae namndu
Glosses: 3PL fire=OBL grassland 3PL=eat-IPFV pig
Translation: They were burning the grassland. Pigs!’ (i.e., ‘Oh how many pigs they killed!’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: man
Glosses: go-IPFV
Translation: is going
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: im ma=iya man
Glosses: tree 3SG.OBJ=toward go-IPFV
Translation: is going toward the tree
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: utam ma=wanap
Glosses: yam 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV
Translation: cooked the yam
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apïn ma=wat ma=wanap
Glosses: fire 3SG.OBJ=atop 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV
Translation: cooked the yam on the fire
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï wana Raten ndï ita
Glosses: 1SG feel [place] 3PL go.PFV-COND
Translation: I thought that the Raten people would come.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam ma=wanae maambi
Glosses: person 3SG.OBJ=feel-DEP 3SG.OBJ-TOP
Translation: As for the person who tastes it …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï nï=nambïtwana ko anmbïu i
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 1SG=odor-feel just out-here-from go.PFV
Translation: It smelled me and just went out from there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï i atai ma=wap inakawanap
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV up-go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST liver-at-feel-PFV
Translation: He went, went up, stayed there, and thought.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï inakawana nï un=ul mbïpta
Glosses: 1SG liver-at-feel 1SG 2PL=with here-be-COND
Translation: So I thought: if I stay here with you …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: atana anda nipe ndï ango nï=inakawana
Glosses: older.sister SG.DIST die-PFV-DEP 3PL NEG 1SG=liver-at-feel
Translation: When that older sister died, they didn’t think of me.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï kïkalwana ngunan=iya ita
Glosses: 3PL ear-feel 1DU.INCL=toward go.PFV-COND
Translation: If only they would listen and come to us.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango kïkalwana
Glosses: NEG ear-feel
Translation: [They] don’t listen.’ [ulwa014_37:03]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï mbïi nïmal mbïpen ndï kïkal na ma=wana
Glosses: 3PL here-go.PFV river here-be-NMLZ 3PL ear talk 3SG.OBJ=feel
Translation: Those who came here and stay here at the river would hear the message.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u kïkal ma=wanae
Glosses: 2SG ear 3SG.OBJ=feel-DEP
Translation: You heard it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an ambi nape lïmndï ala
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL big DETR-be-DEP eye see
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u amun lïmndï unji atuma nga=al
Glosses: 2SG now eye 2SG-POSS older.brother SG.PROX=see
Translation: Now look at your older brother!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan lïmndï mangusuwa andïna
Glosses: 1PL.INCL eye 3SG.OBJ-poor see-IRR
Translation: We will see the poor thing.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan lïmndï [maka=pe] i ma=andïm
Glosses: 1PL.INCL eye [thus=COP-DEP] way 3SG.OBJ=see-PFV
Translation: We’ve seen this kind of behavior.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï lïmndï ma=lïp
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ eye 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: She watched it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ndï=ala wonka lïmndï manji asiya ndï=utae
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=from cut-let eye 3SG.OBJ-POSS string 3PL=grind-IPFV
Translation: He left them and crossed [the river] and was checking his string traps.’ [ulwa032_30:27]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan lïmndï ndï=utape
Glosses: 1PL.INCL eye 3PL=grind-PFV-DEP
Translation: We’ve examined them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï lii atwana manji yana ma=ta
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ down-go.PFV question 3SG.OBJ-POSS woman 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: He went down and asked his wife.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Dumngul imba pe i atwana an=kïp
Glosses: [name] night be-DEP go.PFV question 1PL.EXCL=say-PFV
Translation: Dumngul came at night and asked us.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan ikali ndï=sina
Glosses: 1PL.INCL hand-send 3PL=push-IRR
Translation: We can grab them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunan ango ikali ndï=n u ani ko=si
Glosses: 1DU.INCL NEG hand-send 3PL=OBL from bilum INDF=push
Translation: We haven’t gotten a single bilum [= string bag] from them.’ [ulwa037_16:44]
Language: English
Transcription: inom mï wa undae iwa ala=n inim anda=awe
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ just go-DEP basket PL.DIST=OBL water SG.DIST=put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: A woman used to just go around, setting fish traps in the water.
Language: English
Transcription: we=n ndï=awe
Glosses: sago=OBL 3PL=put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] used to put sago starch in them.’ [ulwa014_34:38]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: al ma=lïpe mï i
Glosses: net 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV
Translation: Having put [the baby] in the mosquito net, she went.’ [ulwa001_00:40]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ma=alimap ndïn ame ndï=lumop
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=beat-PFV 3PL=OBL basket 3PL=put-PFV
Translation: They beat it [= the sago] and put them [= the starch] in the baskets.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wot ma=kalilïpe
Glosses: younger 3SG.OBJ=send-put-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] sent the younger brother.’ [ulwa001_13:58]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=kali Nanïmwat ma=lïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=send [place] 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: [They] sent him to Nanïmwat [village].’ [ulwa002_03:34]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kuma kukup
Glosses: some gather-put-PFV
Translation: Some gathered.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an nakukunda
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL DETR-gather-put-IRR
Translation: We would gather.’ (i.e., ‘gather together, assemble’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: siwi kuk wa nalunda
Glosses: grub.species gather village DETR-put-IRR
Translation: [We] will gather grubs home.’ [ulwa038_03:35]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ndï=kuk nï=n ani ma=upe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=gather 1SG=OBL bilum 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP
Translation: She piled them into my bilum [= string bag].’ [ulwa037_04:03]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïpïl ndï=walie ndï=kuk inim awe
Glosses: vine 3PL=hit-IPFV 3PL=gather water put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [We] used to break vines and gather them into the water.’ [ulwa036_01:02]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngala imba pe tane ma=lïpe
Glosses: PL.PROX night be-DEP stand 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP
Translation: These people stand there at night.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: i apa ko=angomlïp ma=tï i ma=tanelïp
Glosses: go.PFV house INDF=pull.out-put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=stand-put-PFV
Translation: [It] went and pulled out a house, brought it, and stood it up.’ [ulwa006_02:43]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ulum tamndï maawa ndï=mïmïlunda
Glosses: palm owner 3SG.OBJ-INT 3PL=wring-put-IRR
Translation: The owner of the sago palms herself will wring them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ndï=mïmïlawe
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=wring-put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: They would be wringing them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïawa ndï=ul asikae ndï ma=tap
Glosses: 1SG-INT 3PL=with sit-let-DEP 3PL 3SG.OBJ=say-PFV
Translation: I myself sat with them, and they talked about it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ma loplakana
Glosses: 1SG go lie-IRR-let-IRR
Translation: I will go and rest.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngan wolka tïklika mbïi
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL again turn-let here-go.PFV
Translation: The two of us turned again and came here.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan tïkli ambla=laka wolka ambla=walinda man
Glosses: 1PL.INCL turn PL.REFL=IRR-let again PL.REFL=hit-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: We’re going to turn on one another and fight one another again.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï asi unji komblam ma=in ka
Glosses: 1SG sit 2SG-POSS chair 3SG.OBJ=in let
Translation: I sat in your chair.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: lop ndï=kana ka ko nip
Glosses: lie 3PL=beside let just die-PFV
Translation: [She] lay beside them and just died.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï aplatam ma=wat u ani ma=tïn
Glosses: 1SG table 3SG.OBJ=atop from bilum 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: I took the bilum [= string bag] from atop the table.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: lïwa ta nï=wat u anmbïi
Glosses: dawn already 1SG=atop from out-here-go.PFV
Translation: Dawn already came out upon me.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=in u siwi ala=mokoe
Glosses: 3PL=in from grub.species PL.DIST=take-IPFV
Translation: [He] would get grubs from within them.’ [ulwa004_02:41]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yangun mï aplatam ma=wan wat u mbïi
Glosses: mosquito 3SG.SUBJ table 3SG.OBJ=above atop from here-go.PFV
Translation: The mosquito came from above the table.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Nongami ma=wan wat u ma=lop
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ=above atop from 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV
Translation: Nongami cut it from above it.’ (i.e., he cut a sago palm by positioning himself above the palm)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: tumbuna ala mbïpe Wopata pe ala anda=u
Glosses: grandparent PL.DIST here-be-DEP [place] be-DEP PL.DIST SG.DIST=from
Translation: When the grandparents were here at Wopata they [went] from there.’ (tumbuna = TP) [ulwa029_07:01]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum ala ndï wa lolop ala wandam pe mundu amae
Glosses: child PL.DIST 3PL just just PL.DIST jungle be-DEP food eat-IPFV
Translation: Those children – they just, they’re just in the jungle eating food.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: uta nungol kwa wandam pna
Glosses: bird child one jungle be-IRR
Translation: [Not] one little bird will be [left] in the jungle!’ [ulwa032_53:17]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango kwe kuma wa ma=pna
Glosses: NEG one some just 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR
Translation: Not just one or a few would be staying there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï wa ma=pe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ village 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: She stayed in the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï maka ndïnji wa ma=pe
Glosses: 3PL thus 3PL-POSS village 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: They thus stayed in their village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambi ngata ndïwe ndï amba ma=pe
Glosses: big grand 3PL-PART.INT 3PL mens.house 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: Only the big grandparents – they stayed in the men’s house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom manji mï ata nga=p
Glosses: mother 3SG.OBJ-POSS 3SG.SUBJ up SG.PROX=be
Translation: The mother’s [garden] was upstream.’ [ulwa001_06:54]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nga Tïwen nga=pe
Glosses: SG.PROX [place] SG.PROX=be-IPFV
Translation: Here – [they] stayed here in Tïwen.’ [ulwa014_23:57]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï amun=pe anda=pe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ now=COP-DEP SG.DIST=be-IPFV
Translation: He is still there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an wa ndï=imbam li apembam anda=pe
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL just 3PL=under down area.beneath.house SG.DIST=be-IPFV
Translation: We were just staying in the area beneath the house down underneath them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ase itom ala mïka apa anda=pe
Glosses: no father PL.DIST thus house SG.DIST=be-IPFV
Translation: No, the fathers are in the house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï wa pta
Glosses: 3PL village be-COND
Translation: If they were home …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: maka amba nga=pta ndï=landa man
Glosses: thus mens.house SG.PROX=be-COND 3PL=eat-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: … if [we] stay like this in the men’s house, then [we] are going to eat them.’ [ulwa018_01:23]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a nïplopa im in pe wandam pen
Glosses: INTERJ flying.fox tree in be-DEP jungle be-NMLZ
Translation: Ah, there are [still] flying foxes in the trees in the jungle.’ [ulwa032_57:17]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Nïtet nïmal kanam ma=pen ndï manji wo
Glosses: [place] river beside 3SG.OBJ=be-NMLZ 3PL 3SG.OBJ-POSS own
Translation: Those [palms] that are next to Nïtet river are her very own.’ [ulwa037_42:24]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango un=ul ini nga=wat pna
Glosses: 1SG NEG 2PL=with ground this.SG=atop be-IRR
Translation: I will not live on this land with you.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inim mï ini ma=wat pe
Glosses: water 3SG.SUBJ ground 3SG.OBJ=atop be-IPFV
Translation: There is water on the ground.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wanmbi ani ma=pta u ma=tï nï=nata nï ansi lan[da]
Glosses: daka bilum 3SG.OBJ=be-COND 2SG 3SG.OBJ=TAKE 1SG=give-COND 1SG red.buai eat-IRR
Translation: If there is daka [= betel pepper] in [your] bilum [= string bag], [then] give it to me so I can chew red buai [= betel nut].’ [ulwa037_34:22]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kowe mï nïnji atuma
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ 1SG-POSS older.brother
Translation: Kowe is my older brother.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kowe Mongima min nïnji atuma wot
Glosses: [name] [name] 3DU 1SG-POSS older.brother younger
Translation: Kowe and Mongima are my brothers.
Language: English
Transcription: Alimban manji yeta watangïnila
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS man four
Translation: Alimban has four sons.
Language: English
Transcription: nï amun nïnji palapal min nga
Glosses: 1SG now 1SG-POSS decoration ? band SG.PROX
Translation: Now I have this shell armband.’ (palapal < TP balbal ~ palpal ‘Indian coral tree’?)
Language: English
Transcription: Depina manji samban andaawa
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS pot SG.DIST-INT
Translation: Depina had her own pot.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Leobaha min minnji samban andaawa
Glosses: [name] 3DU 3DU-POSS pot SG.DIST-INT
Translation: Leobaha [and another child] had their own pots.’ [ulwa032_23:34]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï wandampe mï wolka ma=lop
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ jungle=COP-DEP 3SG.SUBJ again 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV
Translation: It was a jungle; but he cleared it again.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kowe mï atuma=pna
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ older.brother=COP-IRR
Translation: Kowe will be an older brother.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï ambi=pna
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ big=COP-IRR
Translation: Father will be big.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: na mï ango anma=pe
Glosses: talk 3SG.SUBJ NEG good=COP-DEP
Translation: The talk wasn’t good.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: un ndï=lakata kuma wapata=pta
Glosses: 2PL 3PL=IRR-let-COND some dry=COP-COND
Translation: Let some of them dry!’ (Literally ‘If you let them, some will be dry.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïnji ambi kwe ma=pe
Glosses: 1SG-POSS big one 3SG.OBJ=COP?-DEP
Translation: I have one big one there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji ini ulwa=pen
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS ground nothing=COP-NMLZ
Translation: He doesn’t have land.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Kambaramba wa ambi ma=itap ma=wap ma=wape wusim anda=in pe ambla=asap
Glosses: [place] village big 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST 3SG.OBJ=be.PST-DEP crocodile SG.DIST=in be-DEP PL.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: [They] built the big village Kambaramba and stayed there. While staying there, they fought one another over the crocodile.’ [ulwa002_00:46]
Language: English
Transcription: nï ma na tana man
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ talk say-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: I am going to tell its story.
Language: English
Transcription: un ma=itana man
Glosses: 2PL 3SG.OBJ=build-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: You are going to build it.
Language: English
Transcription: wombïn ambi nga ina mane
Glosses: work big SG.PROX come-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: This big work is going to come.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï ma=in pna mane
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=in be-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: They are going to stay inside it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apwanam ita wa ma=pna mane
Glosses: side.of.house go.PFV-COND just 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: If [you] go to the side of the house, [you] are just going to stay there.’ [ulwa014_36:15]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: u angos tïna mana
Glosses: 2SG what take-IRR go-IRR
Translation: What could you be going to get?
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan tïmbïl ma=in pta manata
Glosses: 1PL.INCL fence 3SG.OBJ=in be-COND go-IRR-COND
Translation: If we are going to be within the fence …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala unan=walinda i
Glosses: PL.DIST 1PL.INCL=hit-IRR go.PFV
Translation: Those people have come to fight us.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: min tïlwa=nï wandam kolnda ie
Glosses: 3DU road=OBL jungle split-IRR go.PFV-DEP
Translation: The two went to split the jungle from the path.’ (i.e., to clear a trail)
Language: English
Transcription: ndï apïn=n anul landa mane mï ipka i
Glosses: 3PL fire=OBL grassland eat-IRR go-IPFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ before go.PFV
Translation: They were going to burn the grassland, but he went ahead [of them].’ [ulwa001_13:01]
Language: English
Transcription: Magendo ala=ul ambla=walinda mane
Glosses: [place] PL.DIST=with PL.REFL=hit-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] were going to fight with the people from Magendo [village].’ [ulwa002_05:11]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wongïta ma=n ma=atïna lope
Glosses: bow 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR go-PFV-DEP
Translation: [I] went to hit it with [my] bow.’ [ulwa037_03:16]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=tï ndï=nanda ndï=nap ine
Glosses: 3PL=take 3PL=give-IRR 3PL=for come-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] came for their sake to give them [= fish] to them [= their people].’ [ulwa032_48:36]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum mï sap
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ cry-PFV
Translation: The baby cried.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï wowe
Glosses: 3PL sleep-IPFV
Translation: They are sleeping.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Jukan mï mbïp
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ here-be
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum uleplïnda
Glosses: child jump-put-IRR
Translation: The child will jump.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï uta walinda
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ bird hit-IRR
Translation: Father will shoot a bird.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Alimban mï apa ma=itae
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ house 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: Alimban is building the house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apa mï alum ma=asap
Glosses: house 3SG.SUBJ child 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The house killed the child.’ (e.g., by falling on him)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wop
Glosses: sleep-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yawe ma=nïkïp
Glosses: coconut-sago 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV
Translation: [He] made the coconut-sago pancake.’ [ulwa001_10:44]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Wombasame ma=iya ie
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ=toward go.PFV-DEP
Translation: [She] went to Wombasame.’ [ulwa001_15:30]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wolka manji numan anda=nap i
Glosses: again 3SG.OBJ-POSS husband SG.DIST=for go.PFV
Translation: [She] went [home] again for the sake of her husband.’ [ulwa032_11:03]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wambana ndï=mokop
Glosses: fish 3PL=take-PFV
Translation: [They] caught fish.’ [ulwa001_07:01]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ul mbïie
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with here-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] came with her.’ [ulwa014_16:01]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji inom ambi manji wandam ma=i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS mother big 3SG.OBJ-POSS jungle 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: [We] went to her aunt’s garden.’ [ulwa032_21:50]