Gutob English

library

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[neg-give.imp] ‘don’t give’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scale of fish

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Guess

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Alter

Speaker: Komla Sisa

mad, be (vb.), insane

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Businessman

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hunt

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

another

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Drunk be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stumble down another (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[mountain pig] ‘boar’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

male buffalo

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

save

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gray-haired person

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

squeeze, tight to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

immersion

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Childless couple

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

second person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

here

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[pig obj-3pron yet rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the pig didn’t eat her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

swallow (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

offer(ing) (of) a goat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Gnaw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mother

Speaker: Komla Sisa

she goat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman pig=obj kill=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the woman is killing the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wife

Speaker: Komla Sisa

vagina

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

torch, flashlight

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

human

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man [sho..] pig=obj shoot-pst.ii ben=pst.ii bow=ins] ‘the man shot the pig with a bow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron cry aux=pst.i] ‘she will have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron die=pst.i] ‘he dies’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg-fall=pst.i-pl] ‘they don’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron stand neg.cop] ‘she is not standing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

uncle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

knee on

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[what name you=gen] ‘what is your name?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

milk product

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dance

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eye of a young person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cultivation share

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

packet (pocketʔ)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drip (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

kind of bean

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cup

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we die=pst.i=1pl] ‘we die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

we two are brothers

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Not make naked (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I daily village=dir go=fut=1] ‘I (will) go to the village every day’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj now=abl see-pst.ii-1 neg.cop] ‘I have not seen them yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj fear=fut=1] ‘I will be scared of them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron see=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I have seen her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you bow give-pst.ii=1] ‘I gave you the bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I go=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I am going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I sleep=pst.i=1 aux=npst] ‘I am sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen daughter] ‘my daughter’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cloud

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[you and I fall=pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘you+I are falling down’

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

name

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Dusk, when peoples’ face can be recognized with difficulty from a distance

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

have leave, make abandon

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

them

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-I pig rdpl~see=obj desire] ‘I want to see the pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-I thirst(y) pp neg.cop] ‘I am not thirsty’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you obj-I cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you+I haven’t had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

show

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trot about

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl yet obj-we both=obj rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘you all will not give it to us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both neg=go.mod=pl] ‘you two don’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.prox=gen=abl dem.prox all neg=take=neg.tam=2pl] ‘you all won’t take it from us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we both=obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all don’t see us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig-obj rdpl~eat=obj give=pst.ii neg=aux=2pl] ‘you all will not have given food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

blow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

brass plate

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Chaff, husk of rice, bran

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

full, become

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Dug be (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

thatching grass, straw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

vegetable types

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sister in law

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seven hundred

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

learn (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Son’s wife’s father

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Disease of the stomach

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[three=clssfr dog] ‘three dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj yesterday neg-see=pst.ii=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I did not see the man yesterday’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj you see=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=mod=nfin obj-I rdpl~say=2 neg.cop] ‘if you see the man, don’t tell me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bath

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

immerse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drummer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thigh

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

both

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rob(bery)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Basket

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

temporary house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thief

Speaker: Komla Sisa