Gutob English

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

play (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take on waist (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

traveler

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Floor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

they gave

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[tomorrow man pig eat=npst] ‘tomorrow the man will eat the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

stone

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Clan

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

she buffalo

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mosquito

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[many pig] ‘(many) pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pomegranate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

second day

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shop

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Far

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

one

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

here (gen), akna ’of this place’

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eat too much

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

heavy benefit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leech

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

foot of cat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

die

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

make another poor (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Diamond

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

boiled

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Morning gruel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

(shaft of the) arrow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

quiver

Speaker: Komla Sisa

fool

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

be cold

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ink, black

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tree called in Desia katakoli, Zizphus rugosa

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Offal, garbage

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

this much, a small bit of this size

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Berry

Speaker: Komla Sisa

squint

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tender, soft

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Guard at riverbank

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[man die=pst.i] ‘the man died’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bee wax

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bird species

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Deity

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[yesterday see=pst.ii=gen man-obj say=pst.ii=1] ‘I told the man who you saw yesterday’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

day before yesterday

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Tuesday

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

contractor

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

police inspector

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we see.exprssv.rdpl neg=lv=neg.tam=1pl] ‘we will not see each other’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj rdpl~eat=obj neg=give=pst.ii=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘we two had not given food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we sleep=1pl neg.cop] ‘we don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Engross

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

treatment, make better

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I RDPL~drunk NEG.COP] ‘I am not drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wash self

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

my cooked rice kept in water from the previous night is good

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj=who I story tell=pst.ii ben=pst.ii obj-3pron I rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not see the man who I told the story to’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Half, almost

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

letter (of alphabet)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Except, leave out, make leave

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make abandon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Girl

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[you.pl yet go=pst.i=2pl neg.cop] ‘you haven’t gone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl rdpl~drunk-adj aux=pst.i aux=fut=2pl] ‘you will be drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all rdpl~drunk-gen person] ‘you all were drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you were not looking at the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Towards you

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

question (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

read

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

star appear (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

scratch oneself (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

saint

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Eater

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Saturday

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

gourd spoon

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

stout

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tree ant

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leg

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

throw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make tired (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

palm leaf hat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hearth

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

cloudy

Speaker: Komla 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

orphaned

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

of which place, from where, from somewhere

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cease

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[today] ‘today’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

house

Speaker: Komla Sisa

goose

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

plough beam

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Day, fourteenth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

beard grow (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

silent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa