Gutob English

[yes dem.dist person-obj neg-know=1] ‘yes I do know this man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ask

Speaker: Komla Sisa

without problem

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Father’s swear

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bhatra man

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rotten

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

niece, husband’s sister’s daughter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bael fruit

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bench

Speaker: Komla Sisa

unemployment

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hair knot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

saliva, spit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

head is bent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one whose waist is bent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pimple

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rain coat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

find

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fart (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Childless couple

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[see.exprssv.rdpl lv-mod-pl] ‘Look at each other’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

salary

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

religion

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chord

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Feel to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

less, little, weak

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

show or grind teeth (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Female louse

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

lie on the back (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cushion

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

remain a maiden (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

roll

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Morning gruel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman obj-I pig give-pst.ii] ‘the woman gave the pig to me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman yet rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘the woman will not have seen yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gate

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

shut, be (vb.) (door)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Coal

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Kandh man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Burning

Speaker: Komla Sisa

corn (maize) plant, Ear of corn kernels

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[man yet/now rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man has not (yet) eaten’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron neg=fall=pst.i] ‘he wasn’t falling’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron sleep=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘he was sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both rdpl~fall=pl neg.cop] ‘they two haven’t fallen’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

narrow house

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Tuesday

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

person with big stomach

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Get up, rise (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

begin

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dried plant

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

hot (weather)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cheating

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coconut cutter man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Area

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Fat, grow (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Calumny

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron neg=push=1] ‘I will not push her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I come=pst.i=1 and dem.dist basket=pp woman=obj tell=pst.ii=1] ‘I came and told the woman about that basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I eat=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I am eating’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I stand neg.cop] I am not standing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I pig rdpl~buy=purp market=dir neg-go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I did not go the market to buy a pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scratch another with a pointed article like, thorn, claw (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you market=dir go=gen mod neg.cop] ‘you should not go to the market’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you fall=pst.i aux=pst.ii=2] ‘you will fall down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you dem.dist person-obj know=npst=2=q] ‘do you know that man?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mother’s brother’s wife

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

see, look at him, her! (imperative form)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-I cold aux=pst.i] ‘I had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leave

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Come off, earring (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

thousand

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heifer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj push aux=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you have pushed the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl why dem.dist:gen do=pst.ii=2pl] ‘why did you do that?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person sleep=pst.i=2pl aux=npst] ‘you all have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

trunk

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

reader

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

loin cloth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Aboriginal

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rice powder

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Father-in-law

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

singer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ocean, sea

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cake (oil)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Appear beautiful, seen as, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

string of wooden beads

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

salutation (by raising hand or touching feet)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

have hiccups

Speaker: Komla Sisa

orphaned

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Don’t have

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Easy

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Bathe, another (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Attendance

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

planning

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[corel old.man die=pst.i neg.cop 3pron story tell=pst.ii ben=pst.ii] ‘the man who did not die told (me) the story’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Altercate

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

marvellous

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

April-May

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leader of a dacoit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa