Gutob English

hypocrisy, false

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fingernail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bamboo, kind of mushroom

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fish (plural)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

share

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Floor

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

house with lots of rooms

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

twelve

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

select (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

intoxicated

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[tomorrow] ‘tomorrow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Another, different

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tool type

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Create

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

where

Speaker: Komla Sisa

person, man, a Bonda (contracted form rem)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fearful, timid

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bundle (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hither thither

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bangle

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

swallow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Engrave to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

moon, no

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Chin, jaw

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman yet obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘the woman isn’t looking at you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Black color, to use

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

roaming without work

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coal

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rats

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bunch (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grain particle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Alike

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3PRON yet NEG.ANTIC-sleep NEG.COP] ‘he didn’t sleep yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘he+I weren’t falling’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I dem.prox=gen give=pst.ii=prog] ‘she is giving it to me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

monkey

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

morning before yesterday

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

load something up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

napkin, small

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

narrow house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rise

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grandmother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Actor

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

elder sister

Speaker: Komla Sisa

adult

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we two.person see.exprssv.rdpl rdpl~lv=1pl neg.cop] ‘we didn’t see each other’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Mother’s elder sister, stepmother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I market=dir go=fut=1 pig rdpl~buy=purp] ‘I will go to the market to buy a pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I child=obj neg=wash.water=1] ‘I don’t/won’t wash the baby’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj yet tell=pst.ii=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not told the man yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I stand neg.cop] ‘I am not standing’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen pig] ‘my pig(s)’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pass the night

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you rdpl~drunk neg=lv=neg.pst=2] ‘you won’t be drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I sleep=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘you+I have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

give greetings

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I neg-see-pst.ii/phb] ‘don’t look at me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-I pig rdpl~see-obj desire neg.cop] ‘I don’t want to see the pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-I cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘I didn’t have a cold

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you.pl=pl=obj cold lv=pst.i aux=fut] ‘you all had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

vein of leaf

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

trot about

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leave (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

reap with sickle, (vb.) trap (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

off shoot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[boy sleep neg-aux=pst.i] ‘the boy was not asleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Betel

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wrapper

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wear saree (I.e. womens clothes) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl obj-we neg=fear=fut=2pl] ‘you will have not been scared of us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person rdpl~fall=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all haven’t fallen’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl rdpl~run=gen=obj cause lv=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you made me run’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Broken

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Extinguish, Complete, End

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sew (cloth, leaf cup, etc) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fire

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tired

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Farmer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

light (n.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[three=clssfr big-adj black pig] ‘3 big black pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Have another person or thing tied

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tied up, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lamp, wick

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dried mango leaf

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

[dem.dist man neg-die-pst.i aux-fut] ‘the man will not die’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

soil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sound of boiling

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Come

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[no boy sleep neg.cop] ‘no, the boy was not sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

swim in water (vb.) (fish)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

possible

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Empty

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Drummer

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

slap, clap

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

set tightly

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thief

Speaker: Kamla Sisa