Gutob English

Bamboo hat

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Changed be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Errant

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Sister’s daughter, wife’s brothers daughter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

woman, married

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

variety

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Be aside to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[where=abl you.pl come=pst.i=2pl] ‘where have you come from’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Buffalo

Speaker: Komla Sisa

queue up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

high

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

white

Speaker: Komla Sisa

become pale

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Guilty

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sweep with hard broom (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tied tight, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bracelet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[pig yet see=pst.ii neg=aux] ‘the pig will not have seen (her) yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig big cop=pst.i=nfin rdpl~buy=1 neg.cop] ‘although the pig is big, I did not buy it’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tuft of hair on hens head

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ox bullock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pain

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[woman pig=obj rdpl~kill=neg.cop] ‘the woman isn’t killing the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[branch one break=pst.i(-go)=pst.i] ‘the branch breaks’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

river overflow (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

information

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hungry

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Blind

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kick

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sharpen (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Curry, vegetable, anything eaten with rice

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

vicinity

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man-pl obj-you see=pst.ii=pl] ‘the men saw you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=pl sleep=pst.i=3pl aux=pst.i] ‘the men had slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I yet neg=go=pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I aren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I go=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘he+I were going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=pst.i aux=fut=pl] ‘they2 will have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I see=pst.ii=prog] ‘she sees me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

that, after

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

temple

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

And (with nouns)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

single leaf door

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

return

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grandson’s wife

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

conservative

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Beginning, at the

Speaker: Komla Sisa

bald

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

relatives

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we rdpl~drunk=1pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘we had not been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we obj=you.pl=pl=obj push=1pl aux=npst] ‘we have pushed you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I I=gen hand wash.water=1 neg.cop] ‘I didn’t wash my hand’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron push=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not push her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I all person-obj obj=you.pl=pl=obj push=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not pushed you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj basket give=pst.ii=1] ‘I gave the basket to the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you tomorrow! neg-see-pst.ii=1] ‘I didn’t see you yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you tomorrow neg-see=1] ‘I won’t see you tomorrow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you now=abl sleep=pst.i neg=aux=2] ‘you will not have slept yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you pig buy=pst.ii=gen after here come.imp] ‘after you buy the pig, come back here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I yet neg-drunk-neg.tam=1pl] ‘you+I won’t be drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I rdpl~die neg.cop] ‘you+I weren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj-I tell=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=2] ‘you told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

you must put to sleep (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

mind, desire I

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dried out thing

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cardamom

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

white ant

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

papaya tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

feed

Speaker: Komla Sisa

wounded, be to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl both now=abl drunk rdpl~lv=2pl neg.cop] ‘you2 haven’t been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we all both=obj dem.prox=gen give=npst=2pl] ‘you all will give it to us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl rdpl~come=gen before I happy cop=npst=1] ‘since you came here, I have been happy’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig-obj kill=pst.ii aux=npst=2pl] ‘you all will kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig-obj food give=pst.ii=2pl aux=npst] ‘you all have given food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person drunk neg=lv=neg.tam=pl] ‘you all won’t be drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=gen=abl we both neg=take=neg.tam=1pl] ‘we two won’t take it from you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

peepal tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bird

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tobacco

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Examine to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

star appear (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Five

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

first child

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take, bring

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Apply, anoint (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cold be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rich man, money lender, trader

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

On each others shoulders or waist (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

servant, faithful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Edible fruit

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

bodkin

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dishes and such

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Distribution

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[three=clssfr big dog] ‘three big dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

male, old man, elder man, husband

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[no boy sleep neg.cop] ‘no, the boy was not sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tecoma flower

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rose, china

Speaker: Kamla Sisa