Gutob English

belch

Speaker: Komla Sisa

there, of there

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[now=abl I obj-you.pl=pl=obj tell=pst.ii-1 aux=fut] ‘I will have told you all by now’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet obj-3pron rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop] ‘I do not tell her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fodder

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

jaw, animals

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Indian arrowroot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

male pig

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Anger

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

forest deity worshipped with black fowl

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Faith

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

forgive

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

wet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

foster mother

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

inserted, be (vb.), tucked in, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

louse, head

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ripe

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wise person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

this

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-3pron neg=see] ‘the pig won’t see her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dying person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

urinate

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tick-tock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dirty, be (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[dem.prox road=abl go=pst.i=mod dem.prox village go=fut=2pl] ‘To get to the next village you must take this road’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wife, bride

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ticket collector

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chew (food)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

squash type

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[man=pl go-pst.i=pl aux=pst.i] ‘the men had gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=emph/indef sweet potato eat=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the man ate the sweet potato, taro’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bee

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron cry neg.cop] ‘he isn’t crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron pig yet see=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i] ‘she had not seen the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘he+I were falling down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I dem.prox=gen give=pst.ii=prog] ‘she is giving it to me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-you neg-rdpl~tell aux=pst.i] ‘she wasn’t telling you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both go-pst.i neg-aux=pst.i=pl] ‘they two had not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl drunk neg=lv=neg.tam=pl] ‘they won’t be drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

unknown (to me)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bird species

Speaker: Komla Sisa

share and cultivate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

where, from, of which place

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Father’s elder brother, mother’s, elder sister’s husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Beginning, at the

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lemon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I dem.prox=gen obj-3pron=pl=obj give-pst.ii-1 neg.cop aux-pst.i] ‘I had not given it to them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=obj push=npst=1] ‘I will push the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=pl=obj rdpl~eat=obj give=npst=1] ‘I will give food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I wash myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I every say woman=obj see=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I used to see the woman here every day (but I no longer do)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1 cncssv/causal dem.dist man=obj rdpl~say neg.cop=1] ‘although I saw you, I did not tell the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cloud

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[you sleep=pst.i=2 aux=npst] ‘you were sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you=gen hand neg=wash.hand] ‘don’t wash your hands! (said to one person)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

make dark (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wait

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Feed

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trouble, annoyance, hardship

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thousand

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

do skilled labor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl now=abl drunk rdpl~lv=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all haven’t been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both drunk neg=go.mod=2pl] ‘you two don’t want to go (home) drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.prox=gen we=gen=abl neg=take=neg.tam=2pl] ‘you all won’t take it from us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all obj-we both=obj fear=pst.i=2pl=prog] ‘you all are not scared of us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

verandah

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cake

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

press oil

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Back up, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

intelligence, give advice, trick

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

husbands elder sister

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lark

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seize, arrest

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tamarind

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wipe

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweet type

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

starch

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fire &smoke

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

three days

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

prepared speech

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

steel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

squirrel

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man=obj now=until I rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I do not see the man yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pay

Speaker: Komla Sisa

fill water (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

shower of rain

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Great round snake

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

late, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

owner of house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

escape

Speaker: Komla Sisa

cooked

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

silver bangle type

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

telegram

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trap, net make

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[see man-obj I see=pst.ii=1 dem.dist man-obj see=pst.ii obj-I give.imp] ‘The man who saw you yesterday told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

greet kindly

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

invisible, become

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

keep quiet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa