Gutob English

[many.times=abl dem.prox story rdpl~tell=obj I think=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I have tried to tell you this story many times before’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[before=abl I school go=1 neg.cop] ‘I had not gone to school previously’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scream

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

roam (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

market, at the

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[yet you.pl=gen=abl dem.prox=gen we rdpl~take=1pl neg.cop] ‘we had not taken it from you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pole in the threshing floor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

snout of cow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

smell

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Flute

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

fried

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[tomorrow man pig eat=npst] ‘tomorrow the man will eat the pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Another, different

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[forest=dir pig run=pst.i] ‘the pig ran into the forest’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

forest deity worshipped with black fowl

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

slippery place

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

saved, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fishing stick

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wear flower on head (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

send (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cow shed

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sudden

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

second eldest brother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

in a great number

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig yet obj-we neg=fear=prtcl] ‘the pigs will not be scared of us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grunt

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs are not biting us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chop into pieces

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Burial ground, burning place

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Crush

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

At first

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cowdung fresh

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman pig=obj rdpl~eat=obj rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘the woman hasn’t given food to the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

knock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

motley

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

paddy plant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[how.many pig you.pl=gen=loc cop=npst=pl] ‘how many pigs do you have?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

some

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

goitre

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

painful work

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Earthen pot of the biggest size

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

vagina

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

heap of earth dug up by rats

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cooked rice

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Close (in on) to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man brnach cut-pst.ii aux=pst.i] ‘the man had broken the branch’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I neg.antic=fall=pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I won’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl drunk=pst.i=pl aux=npst] ‘they have been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron I=gen girlfriend=neg.cop] ‘She is not my girl friend’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Be in good state of mind

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Begin(itr)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fish called in Desia Magur

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Deceitful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we yet cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘we aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we you.pl=gen=abl take=1pl aux=npst] ‘we are taking it from you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I neg=die.neg=neg.tam=1] ‘I don’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=self rdpl~look=1=prog] ‘I am looking at myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen daughter] ‘my daughter’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I self rdpl~see=1 aux-pst.i] ‘I was looking at myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scratch by nail

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thou, you

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you when obj-I say=npst=2] ‘when will you tell me?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

have leave, make abandon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-we cold lv=pst.i aux=fut] ‘we will have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

reject

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

sun rise time

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Guard

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

suffer from foot sore (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all neg.antic-sleep=neg.tam=pl] ‘you all aren’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

next month

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bored

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lend

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Have Cold

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Collect grains on the winnowing basket for winnowing (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Flower

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sixty

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cart, car

Speaker: Komla Sisa

help

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seed of sua corn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spade, loosen earth with

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

offering

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist woman=obj you.pl push aux=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you pushed the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man rdpl~die neg.antic] ‘the man hasn’t died yet’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist time I obj=3pron=pl=obj rdpl~hold neg.cop] ‘I was not holding them at that time’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kind of fish called in Desia turinja

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hair

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Don’t have

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nasty, bad

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fee

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Doctor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[house outside hand wash.hand=imp] ‘Wash your hand outside the house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

water hole

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Exchange purchase

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Current of water

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

jump down

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rose, china

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa