Gutob English

pull (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

forwards and backwards

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

now, till

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Changed be

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hunt

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Businessman

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hunt

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

stumble down another (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

other

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kinds of fish

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Buffalo, male

Speaker: Komla Sisa

illusion

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mutual

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Underwear

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.prox=gen I=gen pig you.pl=gen neg.cop] ‘it is my pig, not yours’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Eleven

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

a lot

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

flea

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dead

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-I yet see=pst.ii neg=aux] ‘the woman will not have seen me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-you tell=pst.ii aux=pst.i] ‘the woman had told you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

knock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bitch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Kandh man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

koksa fish

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

metal pot

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

locket

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dense

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

close

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

load

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron obj-you rdpl~see=purp rdpl~come neg.cop] ‘he did not keep coming by to see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl now=abl both drunk rdpl~lv=pl neg.cop] ‘they two won’t be drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg.antic-fall=pst.i=pl] ‘they won’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gang

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Chicken pox

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

underground room (previously used as dormitories)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yesterday see=pst.ii=gen man-obj I say=pst.ii=1] ‘I told the man who you saw yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

only, empty, a single person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sow (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

return

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Coconut tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we drunk neg=lv=neg.tam=1pl] ‘we won’t be drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I obj-3pron look-pst.ii=1=prog 3pron obj=I look=pst.ii=prog] ‘I am looking at her and she is looking at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I had gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen father] ‘my father’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen big-adj black pig] ‘my big black pigs’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I self rdpl~see=1 aux-npst] ‘I’m looking at myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj=who story tell=pst.ii ben=pst.ii=2 aux=pst.i obj-3pron you rdpl~see=2 neg.cop] ‘You did not see the man who I did not tell the story to’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

satellite

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-we cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘we won’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-we cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘we have not had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I hungry=pst.i=prog] ‘I’m hungry’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

give a leaf

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

vein of leaf

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

take out

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

inconvenient, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

listener

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Divide Separate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl dem.prox=gen=abl dem.prox all neg=take=neg.tam=2pl] ‘you all won’t take it from us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl drunk rdpl~lv=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all aren’t drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=emph/also yet drunk neg=aux=pst.i=2pl] ‘you all had not been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

toy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cheek

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

group

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

husband

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

married

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ill, become

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pour (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Day, seventh

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Bamboo mat

Speaker: Komla Sisa

everyone

Speaker: Komla Sisa

salphi tree, , sago palm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tusk

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hear (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

seal

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Card for playing

Speaker: Komla Sisa

third

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Have something prepared by another person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small wooden hammer

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

peck (vb.) (hen)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

of which place, from where, from somewhere

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

old man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fasting to do

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

north

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

north, north direction

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

duck

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

freed, be

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

make another white (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drum stick

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

jump down

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[Greeting Greeting] ‘good morning’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

root

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

white of the eyes

Speaker: Kamla Sisa