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pull

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

scream (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yet pig-obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t see the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Corrupt(ion)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

cattle

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tomorrow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

put, keep, fill (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eavesdrop (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

queue

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

south towards the hill

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

enemy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[here how.many pig cop=npst=pl] ‘how many pigs are here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

this time, in

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Excess

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sprout

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rice, paste of

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

place somewhere behind (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

horse

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Ditch

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[woman pig=obj rdpl~kill=neg.cop] ‘the woman isn’t killing the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

raw mango

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Clay

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bed bug

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Extend, stretch (vb)

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cough

Speaker: Komla Sisa

small pot

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

owl

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Backbone

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murderer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

laugh

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

friend

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i aux=pst.ii=1pl] ‘he+I had fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron very long.time talk lv=pst.i=prog] ‘he keeps on talking for a long time’

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[3pron=pl yet neg.antic=go aux] ‘they weren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both rdpl~drunk-gen person] ‘they two are drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=imp/mod=pl] ‘they two will sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=pst.i aux=pst.ii=pl] ‘they two had slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

small

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Small Children

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Adore, to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

leave (vb.)

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Chief’s wife

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leaf big

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make be left over, save articles from being spent (vb.)

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Fall, fall off (vb)

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good

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[I neg-know=1 dem.dist man=obj you see=pst.ii=2 aux=npst] ‘I don’t know that you have seen the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I cry=npst=1] ‘I will cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen foot wash.hand=pst.i=1] ‘I washed my feet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen house] ‘my house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grope in dark

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you man=pl=obj kill=2 neg.cop] ‘you didn’t kill the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj-3pron dem.prox=gen give=pst.ii=2 neg.cop] ‘you will not have given it to her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Conceal another (vb.)

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[obj-I prtcl cold lv=pst.i aux=npst] ‘I have had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

see

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

slow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

papaya fruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

niece, wife’s brother’s daughter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[boy sleep neg.antic] ‘the boy is not sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet obj-we rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you are not looking at us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj push neg.cop] ‘you do not push the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rib

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thin, be (vb.)

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old

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Blanket

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

loft space, ceiling area

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lender’s wife

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pasture

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

At the end

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Daily work

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Powerful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cockroach

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sword

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

smell (v)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tell, say

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shuffle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tremble (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tremble

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heap of earth dug up by rats

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Clay house

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

there

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

old (person)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

no

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eggshell

Speaker: Komla Sisa

duck

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Coil to

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Cane

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

make boil (water), heat (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

late

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

salutation

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Clever

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sindi fruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

six fingers

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

beard grow (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stammerer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa