Gutob English

Advance to

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thatch (vb.)

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scream

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slow moving garden lizard

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rice, unpolished

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numb, be (vb.) (leg)

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Fifty Paise

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in law, son

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market

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[now=emph/indef I obj-you.pl=pl=obj all person-obj rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not telling you all yet’

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Gift

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intestinal parasite

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with another

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kinds of bird

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Cloud smoke on the hills

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sure

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Fart (vb)

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occupy

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pierce

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quickly run!

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husbands brothers wife

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mirror

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[tiger pig=obj bite=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the tiger killed the pig’

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[dem.prox dog=abl dem.dist dog big-adj] ‘this dog is bigger than that dog’

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[pig obj-3pron hold=pst.ii neg.cop] ‘the pig does not bite her’

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[pig obj-I rdpl~bite aux=npst] ‘the pigs are biting at me’

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[pig=obj neg=see] ‘she does not see the pigs’

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[pig=pl obj-we rdpl~bite=pl neg.cop=pl] ‘the pigs were not biting us’

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[pig=pl pig=pl caus~bite=pst.ii aux=pst.i=pl=prog] ‘the pigs have bitten each other’

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skull bone, shell

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Cowherd man

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ear of dog

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thorny plant

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yes

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go

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Boiled rice

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[woman yet obj-you rdpl~see=pl neg.cop] ‘the women didn’t see you yet’

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

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sad

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kangu corn

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Extend, stretch (vb)

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taste, astringent

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Fatigue

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waist chain

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tender, soft

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Guard at riverbank

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Curry, vegetable, anything eaten with rice

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[man die=pst.i] ‘the man died’

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nectar

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hen

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[3pron=pl neg=die=neg.tam=pl] ‘they won’t die’

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knee

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Deity

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[small house] ‘small house’

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one anna

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Addition

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nostril

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younger sister

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Crown

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uncivilized

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Close the fist (vb.)

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[we woman=obj neg=look.for:neg.fut=1pl] ‘we are no longer looking for the women’

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[we never=emph/indef fish neg=cook=1pl] ‘we never cook fish’

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awake, be

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[I every.day village=dir go=fut=1] ‘I (will) go to the village every day’

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[I obj-you when=indef/emph rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I never see you yet’

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[I obj-you rdpl~see=obj want rdpl~lv=1 neg.cop] ‘I do not want to see you’

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[I foot foot wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I will wash my foot’

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[I=gen father] ‘my father’

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[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I know that the man did not see you’

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

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[I obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I don’t see you’

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[you and I yet drunk neg.cop] ‘you+I aren’t drunk yet’

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have water of boiled rice strained by another (vb.)

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heel

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make another lean (vb.)

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[you.pl obj-we both=obj rdpl~give=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t give it to us two’

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[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you didn’t push the woman’

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oath

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proof

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yeast

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

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Everything

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ask for, try to

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prepared, be

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one having six fingers on each hand

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[dem.dist man-obj say=pst.ii=1 cncssv/causal dem.dist man obj-I see-pst.ii] ‘I told the man because he saw me’

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Ash(es)

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opposite

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Bale, dry

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right

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convict

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go to sleep

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Bud

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silver bangle type

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animal

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twine (vb)

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Bale out water (vb.)

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rope hung up

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temporary house

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Hair cutting

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