Gutob English

swearing by ones father (only a woman will swear by her father)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

persuade

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

niece, husband’s sister’s daughter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

smell

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

one who speaks too much

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Anger

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kind of mouse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Danger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make fat (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Address

Speaker: Komla Sisa

ripe

Speaker: Komla Sisa

flute, bamboo

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

high

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

vital

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Go away

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

this

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.prox=gen black pig] ‘this black pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

span

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

this and that

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cowherd man

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

stick, fishing rod

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rinse

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

dirty

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Black color, to use

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tuber

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

paddy stalk

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Extended be

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Bitch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Berry

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rope

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fall, slip

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rats

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Burning

Speaker: Komla Sisa

dig

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=pl man=pl exprssv+rdpl.hit:pst.ii rdpl~lv=pl neg.cop] ‘the men will not hit each other’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she hasn’t seen me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl cry=pst.i=pl=prog] ‘they have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[small house] ‘small house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

small size fly

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

And (with verbs)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

obtain(ed)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make get up (by another) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

share and cultivate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leaf big

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Get up, rise (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sprain

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

a certain person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we never=emph/indef fish=curry neg=cook(:pst.ii)=1pl] ‘we never cook fish in curry’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Entrap to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[we obj-you.pl=pl=obj see=pst.ii=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘we two had seen you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

neem tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Green bamboo (fuel)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Green

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I die=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I am dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=fut=1] ‘I go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~know=1 neg.cop dem.dist man=obj you see=pst.ii=2] ‘I don’t know that you saw the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I yesterday obj-you rdpl~see=obj want rdpl~lv aux=pst.i=1] ‘I had to see you yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen three=clssfr big dog] ‘my three big dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I tall man-obj see-pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I see the tall man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grope in dark

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hell

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chew (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leafless plant, tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

stick (v)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eighty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

knife

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ornament worn on leg

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both sleep=pst.i=2pl=prog] ‘you two are sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not pushed the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Almirah

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Blow to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Enter to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

fulfill

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

smell (vb.) (flower)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

happy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hair rope

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

wash foot

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Burn wood

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Dance in a row holding each others hands

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

one having six fingers on each hand

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Be seen

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

buttocks

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Deficiency, want

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[there who=indef neg.cop=pl] ‘there is no one here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kind of sharp edged grass called in Desia Barea ʤoɽ

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Artery for milking of animals

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Black pismire

Speaker: Komla Sisa

skull

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

see (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

virgin

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

polish(ing)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

slap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

with a flat nose

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rice powder

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tease

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa