Gutob English

natural lake

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Day, first of fortnight

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Sand soil

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Crooked legged, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rheumatism

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pick, gather to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Mountain

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

picnic

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rescue

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thing

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

burned

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[woman pig dem.dist man=abl take=pst.i] ‘the woman took the pig from the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

neck

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small basket

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

rope make

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

twenty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hungry, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bargain

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

May-June

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Ground

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tongue

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man cooked.rice eat-pst.ii] ‘the man ate the rice’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[men=pl obj-you see=npst=pl] ‘the men see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

vomit

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

spy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron yet neg.antic-sleep=pst.i aux.pst.i] ‘he wasn’t sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘he had not seen us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-you neg-kill=pst.ii aux] ‘she will not have killed you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both yet sleep=pl neg.cop] ‘they two weren’t sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl rdpl~die=pl neg.cop] ‘they weren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron fast run=pst.i=prog] ‘he is running quickly’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

obey his word

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

obtain(ed)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

re-prepare, re-do, repeat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

solitary

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Big axe

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Bow to someone, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Crown

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we both] ‘we two don’t see you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we dem.prox=gen you.pl=gen=abl rdpl~take=1pl neg.cop] ‘we don’t take it from you two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Corpulent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

odor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I market=dir go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i pig rdpl~eat=purp] ‘I went to the market to eat a pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I wash.hand=pst.i=1] ‘I washed myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I every.day neg-bathe-neg.tam] ‘I do not wash myself every day’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I I=gen hand wash.water=fut=1] ‘I (will) wash my hands’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you tell=pst.ii aux=pst.i=1] ‘I told you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen two daughter cop=npst=pl] ‘I have two daughters’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I wash.hand=pst.i=1] ‘I washed myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sister-in-law

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hoax

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chase (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leafless plant, tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

offend

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

incarnation

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Eighty

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

untouchable

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pigeon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl both yet cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both yet sleep=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two weren’t sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj neg=see=2pl] ‘you will not see the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person yet go=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all weren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

flute

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

broken, be

Speaker: Komla Sisa

holy basil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sesame plant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Anger

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Flower (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

happy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

truth, true

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Each

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Put on shirt (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

intestines

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

say

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Coat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

throw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Farmer

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Have something prepared by another person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mist

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dig up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

water, boiling

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

old age

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

confine, to

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

rice and water (the main necessities of life)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

spatter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Be (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

room

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Backyard

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

water hole

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Father’s sister

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

lizard

Speaker: Komla Sisa

window

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

press

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hair

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

imagine, imagination

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

think and speak (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stammerer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa