Gutob English

traveler

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ground

Speaker: Komla Sisa

finger

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

fingernail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bamboo pole fitted or hung Horizontally for hanging clothes

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet pig=obj I fear=1 neg.cop] ‘I was not scared of the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dweller

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ill

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scratch another (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Clan

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Beat to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

inflate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

queue

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tiger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.prox road=abl you.pl go=pst.i=mod dem.dist village you.pl go=fut] ‘To get to the next village you must take this road’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hot

Speaker: Komla Sisa

goat shed

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spleen

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rice, broken

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

measles

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dirty water

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[woman obj-I push aux=pst.ii] ‘the woman pushed me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman=pl yet woman=pl=obj see=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i=pl] ‘the women hadn’t seen the women yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chew the cud to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dirty

Speaker: Komla Sisa

spread

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spread trap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wife

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

maggot, worm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Charcoal

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Berry

Speaker: Komla Sisa

ticket collector

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

less water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spend

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

axe blade

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tenderness

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kick

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man bow=ins shoot ben=pst.ii pig=obj] ‘the man shot the pig with a bow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man cooked.rice eat-pst.ii] ‘the man ate the rice’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron pig yet see=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i] ‘she had not seen the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron die=pst.i] ‘he died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘he+I had not fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘he had not seen us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron go=pst.i aux.3] ‘she will have gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron stand neg.cop] ‘she is not standing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

in law, grand-daughter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

be big be, make big

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spit out from pipe (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

weight

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[I NEG-drunk=NEG.TAM=1] ‘I am not drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1 you dem.dist man-obj know-2 aux=npst=q] ‘I know that you know the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~come=gen before you.pl where=abl cop=npst=2pl I neg-know=1] ‘before I came here, I did not know where you lived’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj yet neg=see=1] ‘I will not tell the man yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj push push aux=pst.i=1] ‘I had pushed the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wash self

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ninth day

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you who] ‘who are you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[when=indef/emph market=dir go=pst.i=mod pig buy] ‘when you go the market, buy a pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Collect leaf from tree (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lifted, be, picked up (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[boy sleep=pst.i aux=npst] ‘yes, the boy was sleeping’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pressed inside

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spilled, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pot, broken

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl neg=cry=neg.tam=pl] ‘you haven’t cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we both=obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you all were not looking at us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person eat=pst.ii=2pl=prog] ‘y’all are eating’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl all neg.antic-sleep=neg.tam=2pl] ‘you all don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bark (dog)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Broken toy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

break (vt)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

west

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Disease

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Door frame

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

biri pulse

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Store mandeya Corn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

house, concrete

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Faithful person

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

purchase (v)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Belly

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Comb (n.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

hearts (in playing cards)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

palm leaf hat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pressed rice

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

right side

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cover

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nevertheless

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[tall man obj-1 see-pst.ii] ‘the tall man sees me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

house

Speaker: Komla Sisa

copper

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

the whole of something

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Half pant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Card, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

polish

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

limp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa