Gutob English

Bad man

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Gunpowder

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

oil, scented

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

they gave

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

separate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pray(er)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Sent

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

pumpkin

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kind be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tenth day

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

illness

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prepare two-mouth hearth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Come here

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

remind (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig obj-3pron rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘the pig hasn’t seen her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs are not biting us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tattoo (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

die

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

foul smell

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

worm which emits bad smell

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one with bent tooth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[Thursday you.pl market=dir go=pst.i=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘y’all used to go to the market on Thursdays (now y’all go on Fridays)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tree called in Desia kharda

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

miserable

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

drink

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-I rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘the woman hasn’t told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bitter gourd (veg)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dump

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

story

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cough

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

hungry

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

squash type

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

spy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

push forcefully

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron cry neg.cop] ‘he isn’t crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both fall=pst.i=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they two were falling’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both drunk rdpl~lv=pl neg.cop] ‘they2 haven’t been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Eye of a young person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

panthon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[one man ground=loc sit=pst.i aux=npst] ‘The man kept sitting on the ground’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tiny bird

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

worm, maggot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we drunk=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘we had been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj rdpl~kill=1pl neg.cop] ‘we don’t kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fat, grow (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[I market=dir go=pst.i=nfin pig buy=pst.ii=nfin come=fut=1] ‘I went to the market, bought a pig and came back’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen two daughter neg=cop=pst.i=pl] ‘I did not have two daughters’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen=loc three-clssfr pig cop=npst] ‘I have three pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

them

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-you and obj-I cold lv=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘you+I will have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

the other side, direction

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Abolish to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

nineteen

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lady, young

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Girl, female

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[you.pl neg=study=pst.i=mod fail aux=fut=2pl] ‘If you do not study, then you will fail’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj yet rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you were not looking at the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we see=npst=2pl] ‘you will see us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I neg-see=2pl] ‘you will not see me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person neg=go.mod=pl] ‘you all don’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig-obj rdpl~see=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘you all were looking at the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Almirah

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Dog, troublesome son or man

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

March-April

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

question (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

like, love (vb.), elect, select (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pus

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

group

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tenant

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

unlock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

grass

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

order (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Happy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

become happy and call

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Comb (v.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cheap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Harpoon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bone

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

skeleton

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

whistle (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil, edible

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

is it

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bundle in a field

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

died up above

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

smear the mudwall (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Clod of earth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

where to go

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pull

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Beat, play on drum

Speaker: Komla Sisa

cook

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Police Station

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

snail species

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pressed below, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bale out water (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

overseer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

insert, keep something pressed between (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prepared without salt (food)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

limestone

Speaker: Kamla Sisa