Gutob English

Father, son in law

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

move

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mat made of bamboo strips

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[yet pig=obj I fear=1 neg.cop] ‘I was not scared of the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet pig=obj you.pl rdpl~eat=obj neg=give=pl] ‘you all have not given food to the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fishnet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Grind

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rock crystal ; cave

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

head is bent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Create

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

spinning device

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

coconut, ripe

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

many, much

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

irritated, become

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

snail species

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-we neg=see] ‘the pigs don’t see us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj neg=rdpl~bite] ‘the pigs won’t bite us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-I tomorrow! bite=pst.ii aux=pst.i] ‘the pigs bit me yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

swallow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

foul smell

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Bell

Speaker: Komla Sisa

folding

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[woman rdpl~eat=obj yet pig=obj rdpl~eat=obj neg=give=pst.ii aux] ‘the woman won’t have given food to the pig yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Have itch

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

one who eats much (used in song)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tuber species

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

raw fruit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

how much, how many, how, as much as, as many as, some

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tenderness

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

squint

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Collyrium plate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kindled, be (vb.) (fire)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron rdpl~drunk aux=pst.i] ‘he was drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron cry neg.cop] ‘he isn’t crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron fall=fut] ‘he will fall down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I yet sleep neg.cop] ‘he+I haven’t slept yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj tell=pst.ii neg=aux] ‘he will not have told us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both rdpl~drunk=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they two were drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

that, in

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

know, do you?

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yesterday obj-you see=npst=1] ‘I saw you yesterday’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Clarion kind

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leave (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Center

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Hammer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we die=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘we are dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig see=npst=1pl] ‘we two will see the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig neg=kill=1] ‘I do not kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=pst.ii=1 aux=npst dem.dist man-obj you see=pst.ii aux=fut=2] ‘I know that you will see the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I I=gen foot neg-wash.water=1] ‘I will not wash my foot’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj yet rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I had not see the man yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj see=pst.ii=1 aux=fut] ‘I will have seen the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist word say=npst=1] ‘I will say that word’

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[I sleep=pst.i=1 aux=npst] ‘I have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen two house cop=pst.i] ‘I had two houses’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-I see-pst.ii] ‘I know that the man saw me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I still wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I will still wash myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1 cncssv/causal dem.dist man=obj rdpl~say neg.cop=1] ‘although I saw you, I did not tell the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I sleep-imp/mod=1pl] ‘you+I will sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I cry=1pl aux] ‘you+I will have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you dem.dist man-obj neg-see=pst.ii aux=pst.i=mod obj-I say] ‘if you don’t see the man, tell me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tall

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dusk

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Be evening

Speaker: Komla Sisa

remove

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Half, almost

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Ant white

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

shut

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Carry a baby, to (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

horrible

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wear cloth (by a woman) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl both neg.antic=fall=pst.i=2pl] ‘you two won’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj=3pron fear=pst.i=2pl] ‘you were scared of her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj see=pst.ii=2pl neg.cop] ‘you had not seen the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

February-March

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

old

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[earth round cop=npst] ‘the earth is round’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Five rupee (coin or note)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

scratch oneself (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

music, play

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

whistle (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Crook

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

flat place

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nyctalop, night blind

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Burning sensation in mouth

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[go=pst.i=gen year=abl] ‘from last year’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

movement

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

money

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

outsider

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bat (as in cricket)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

slow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Backyard

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

joke (a form of courtship) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

trap, net make

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

take out, show, expel, turn out, extract, make emerge (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

successful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Collect

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Era

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

keep quiet!

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

steal (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa