Gutob English

Have another’s face washed by another person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[neg=run=pl] ‘don’t run! (said to two or more people)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

till now

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pick up (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

select (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cry too much

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

kinds of bird

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

saliva

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

powerful, strong

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

where

Speaker: Komla Sisa

security money

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

second

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hang up

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[here near one school cop=npst] ‘there was one school near here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

High Cost

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Exaggerate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Armlet, bracelet, wristlet

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs had not bitten us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Excreta of goat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tattoo (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

time allotted, known

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

poor, be

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Blow (wind) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yes dem.dist person-obj see=pst.ii=1] ‘yes, I see the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman laugh=pst.i=prog] ‘the woman is laughing’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

roaming without work

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[branch break=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘the branch had broken’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scatter paddy, to dry it up (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cough

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tender leaf

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dig

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kick

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fragile, smooth

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

give his work to you

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[3pron dem.prox=gen man=pl=obj give=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘she will have given it to the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I neg-push] ‘she does not push me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both go=pst.i=pl neg.cop] ‘they two weren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pray to god (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[what=indef person dem.dist man-obj see-pst.ii=pl=prog=q] ‘did anyone see the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

big fish

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Elder sister

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

begin

Speaker: Komla Sisa

bag

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj kill=npst=1pl] ‘we will kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

prestige

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we go=pst.i neg=aux=1pl] ‘we weren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

beautiful

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Correct

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

baby

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I neg-see:pst.ii/phb=1] ‘I won’t look’/ ‘let me not look’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.prox hold-pst.ii work-obj take=pst.i=nfin dem.dist good lv=pst.ii=nfin work lv=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I continued working on this problem’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I am well

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[I every.day village=dir go=npst.i=1 aux-npst] ‘I went to the village every day’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I self wash.hand=fut] ‘I will wash myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen two=clssfr house] ‘my two houses’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen three=clssfr house] ‘my three houses’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you here why cop=npst=2] ‘why are you here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you pig buy=pst.ii=gen after here come.imp] ‘after you buy the pig, come back here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

genitive

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-3pron=pl=obj cold lv=pst.i aux=npst] ‘they have had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

trial

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lift (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

nineteen

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sun shine (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

reap with sickle, (vb.) trap (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wash clothes

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Destroy to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Coax to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

press oil

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Doll

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

garland

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wear flowers (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

become happy and call

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cake stuffing for

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

flat place

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ill, become

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Carrying staff

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Eater

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leg

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

light from a fire

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fire &smoke

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

I am tired

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tooth twig

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Clap (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

on, above

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

swearing by ones sister (only males swear by their sisters)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

search (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist woman=obj you.pl push aux=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you pushed the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man rdpl~die neg.cop] ‘the man didn’t die’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

night

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[dem.dist two dog] ‘these two dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[which person obj-we name rdpl~say neg.cop obj-3pron-obj see=pl] ‘The man who didn’t tell us his name saw you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gadfly/ gnat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

ladder

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Father’s sister

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drizzle

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[if obj-3pron you see=pst.ii aux=pst.i=mod obj-I neg-tell=npst=2=mod] ‘if you had not seen him, you would not have told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa