Gutob English

Before time

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bamboo hook used for straw

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

sister of husband

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Gift

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

startle another (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hold anothers head (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kinds of pulse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bridge

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sand

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Bind, bundle (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

saliva, spit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Crying

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[very bad] ‘very bad’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

security money

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

long distance

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

increase, grow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-we rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘the pigs have not seen us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

toothless woman

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Grind

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

cage

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman yet obj-you see-=pst.ii rdpl~see=pl neg.cop] ‘the women didn’t see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-I love lv=pst.ii=prog] ‘the woman loved me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Black, become (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Dhoti, cloth worn by men

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dirt, a grain of paddy in which rice is not appeared

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Amount

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river overflow (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

river bank

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small pot

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

rope

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rope make

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Deep well

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

siyari tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man-pl obj-you yet rdpl~see=pl neg.cop] ‘the men didn’t see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=pl woman=pl=obj see=pst.ii=pl=prog] ‘the men are looking at the women’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both yet go=pl neg.cop] ‘they two aren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

illusion, delude

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bird species

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

God

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

brown

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

one who knows

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small toddy palm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

maternal grandmother

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yesterday see=pst.ii=gen man-obj I say=pst.ii=1] ‘I told the man who you saw yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Collect one by one

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

earrings worn outside of ears

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

non veg

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

shoot with a gun (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we yet cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘we aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we fall=pst.i neg.cop=1pl] ‘we have not fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we go-pst.i neg-aux=pst.i=1pl] ‘we had not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I neg-go.mod=1] ‘I won’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I neg=die=neg.tam=1] ‘I didn’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I yet sleep neg=aux aux=pst.i] ‘I wasn’t sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=obj fear=1 neg.cop] ‘I was scared of the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I story rdpl~say=purp begin=1] ‘I began telling them the story’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I every.day village-dir go neg.cop-1 aux-pst.i] ‘I didn’t go to the village every day’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen two dog cop=npst=pl] ‘I had two dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and obj-I rdpl~drunk-1pl aux=pst.i] ‘you+I were drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you=gen bow obj-I neg-give-pst.ii/phb=prog] ‘don’t give me your bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Evening

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pierce , make hot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Orda tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

inconvenient, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[boy sleep=pst.i aux=npst=q] ‘is the boy sleeping?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wear a saree (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thin

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[you.pl neg=die=emph/neg.tam=2pl] ‘you won’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both cry=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘you2 will have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both obj-I neg=kill=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you two will have not killed me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj neg=see=2pl] ‘you will not see the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Towards you

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trunk

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shoot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

funeral procession

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

open

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Father-in-law

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rich & poor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

king of heaven

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bowl

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

suck (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Coat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

squirrel

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Earthen pan for cooking

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wash hands

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist boy sleep neg.antic] ‘the boy was not asleep yet’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hiccup

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[which person obj-we name rdpl~say neg.cop dem.dist man-obj see=pl] ‘The man who didn’t tell us his name saw you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[which man you.pl=gen father=poss] ‘which man is your father?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[which person=gen name rdpl~say=1 neg.cop obj=3pron see=pl] ‘The man I did not tell your name to saw me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Grey, smoke, smoky, ashes, ashen, ash-colored, smoke-colored

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cane

Speaker: Komla Sisa

owner of house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fresh

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

lie down (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tip of finger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

After birth

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cross cousin, cross cousin brothers

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

spread

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa