Gutob English

[many.times dem.prox story rdpl~tell=obj obj-you I prtcl think=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I have thought to tell you this story many times before’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

stingy

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stranger

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hornpipe

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[now=emph/indef I obj-you.pl=pl=obj all person-obj rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not telling you all yet’

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Fish trap of conical shape

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intoxicated

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

foster mother

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

python

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wise person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

nut cracker

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nut cracker

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snake catcher

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

slough of snake

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

startle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

split (tr.vb.)

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hot, be

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Able be

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the(ir) giving of wine

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[woman pig=obj yet rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘the woman had not given it to the pig yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-I yet rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘the woman wasn’t looking at me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

thresh, reap paddy (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dispute hotly (lit, eat one another)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

cough

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Decrease

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[man=pl man=pl hit=pst.ii+hit.pst.ii aux=pst.i=pl] ‘the men hit each other’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leather chapal

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[3pron pig=pl=obj rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she wasn’t looking at the pigs’

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[3pron and I rdpl~die neg.cop=prtcl] ‘he+I weren’t dying’

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[3pron obj=we yet rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘he isn’t looking at us two yet’

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[3pron obj-you rdpl~see=purp come=pst.i=prog] ‘he kept coming by to see you’

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one who knows

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sow

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[we now=abl drunk rdpl~lv=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t been drunk yet’

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[we we see.exprssv.rdpl lv-1pl] ‘let’s look at each other’

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we two are brothers

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

summer

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[we yet drunk neg=aux=pst.i=1pl] ‘we had not been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we obj=you.pl=pl=obj rdpl~see=1pl neg.cop] ‘we were not looking at you’

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contemplate

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Coaxing

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inspect

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know each other

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

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[I rdpl~drunk=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not been drunk’

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[I pig-obj rdpl~see-obj neg-cap-neg.tam] ‘I can’t see the pig’

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[I know=npst=1 you dem.dist man-obj know-2 aux=npst=q] ‘I know that you know the man’

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[I I=gen hand neg=wash.water=1] ‘I don’t wash my hands’

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[I obj-3pron look-pst.ii=1=prog 3pron obj=I look=pst.ii=prog] ‘I am looking at her and she is looking at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not seen her’

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[I obj-3pron=pl=obj rdpl~tell obj-you caus=pst.ii=1] ‘I made you tell them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you.pl=pl=obj neg=tell=pst.ii-1 aux=fut] ‘I will not have told you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I child=gen foot wash.water=1] ‘I washed the baby’s foot’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen=abl all rdpl~take=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you all had not taken it from me’

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[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I know that the man did not see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I still wash.hand=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I am still washing myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I self rdpl~see=1 aux-pst.i] ‘I looked at myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you yet rdpl~drunk=2 neg.cop] ‘you haven’t been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you yet rdpl~drunk=2 neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you weren’t drunk yet’

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[you yet rdpl~see=2 neg.cop] ‘you will not have seen her yet’

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[you drunk rdpl~lv=2 neg.cop] ‘you haven’t been drunk’

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[you obj-I tell=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=2] ‘you told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[when=indef/emph market=dir go=pst.i=mod pig buy] ‘when you go the market, buy a pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-3pron and obj-I cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘he+I have not had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj=you.pl all person=obj cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj=you.pl=pl=obj dem.prox=gen I rdpl~give=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not give it to you all yet’

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Air

Speaker: Komla Sisa

spread (bed etc.) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

do work

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

operation, working

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lesson

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[you yet obj-I rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you all were not looking at me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.PL OBJ-we yet RDPL~see=2PL NEG.COP] ‘you are not looking at us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.PL OBJ-we RDPL~tell NEG.COP] ‘you didn’t tell us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I yet rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not seen me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you all person obj-I yet rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t see me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person obj-I rdpl~tell=2pl aux=npst] ‘you all have told me’

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[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘you didn’t see the woman yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

flute

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Cause to bring

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Dried be (vb)

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one who speaks

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sit cross-legged (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Armlet for men

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nail of finger

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fly, fly away (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

doing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Drizzling

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

house lizard

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lizard

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[if you obj-3pron see=pst.ii aux=pst.i=mod obj-I tell=npst=2 mod] ‘if you saw him, you would have told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

up and down

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Bale out water (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Argue to

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observe

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

unemployed

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tie knot, hair, turban etc. (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

imagination

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rub (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa