Gutob English

push into

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hornpipe

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fence

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[tomorrow I market=loc go-obj want lv=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I will want to go to the market tomorrow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Drunk be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eve of a roof

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hide (i)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

smoke produce

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

here

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

this time

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thunder

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

poor, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Be able

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

go

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[woman obj-I rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘the woman wasn’t looking at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cucumber

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

weapon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mud

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Place to Store Corn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Clay

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

river bank

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Blind man

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

heavy loss

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sit down

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

corn (maize) plant, Ear of corn kernels

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

soft broom

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Abuse each other

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[3pron rdpl~drunk-gen=adj] ‘he is drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron dem.prox=gen man=pl=obj give=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘she will have given it to the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron pig=pl=obj rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she didn’t see the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hen

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron man=pl=obj dem.prox=gen neg=give] ‘she didn’t give it to the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘he hasn’t given it to us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl yet sleep=pl neg.cop=pl] ‘they aren’t sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl go=pst.i=pl] ‘they went’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Beggar

Speaker: Komla Sisa

leaf small

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[one man ground=loc sit=pst.i aux=npst] ‘The man kept sitting on the ground’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Charm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eave

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tear (of eyes)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Castrate a pig (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Collect one by one

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wear a turban (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

peacocks tail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

earrings worn outside of ears

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

[we pig=obj kill=pst.ii=1pl] ‘we have killed the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj neg=see=1pl] ‘we two won’t see the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we eat=pst.ii=1pl=prog] ‘we are eating’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we market tomorrow market=dir go=pst.i=nfin dem.dist market=dir go=pst.i=nfin basket buy=1pl] ‘because we will go to the market tomorrow, we will sell the baskets’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pushing each other

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

womb, pregnant

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

blue

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I neg-see-pst.ii/phb=1] ‘I won’t look’/ ‘let me not look’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I yet pig rdpl~kill=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not killed the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I cry=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I still wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I will still wash myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I obj-3pron yet rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not seen her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I here cop=npst=1] ‘I am still here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dark

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Entrust to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-3pron both=obj cold lv=pst.i aux=npst] ‘they two have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leaf, paper

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ugly

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet=emph/indef obj-we what quot=nfin neg=rdpl~tell=emph neg=aux=pst.i] ‘you had not told us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both fall.aux=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two haven’t fallen’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

inspector

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

December- January

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

group

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Disagree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nod

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take, bring

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

winter

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Store mandeya Corn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[happy lv] ‘be happy! (said to two or more people)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Embrace to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

that much

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

manager

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

level water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

watering a tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

stump of tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lightning

Speaker: Komla Sisa

thirteenth day

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[three=clssfr pig] ‘three pigs’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

night

Speaker: Komla Sisa

presentation, speech (stand and speak)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist old.man obj-I story tell=pst.ii ben=pst.ii aux=pst.i die=pst.i go=pst.i] ‘the man who died told me the story’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

of which place, from where, from somewhere

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

there

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fasting to do

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

refuse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[no dem.dist person-obj rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘no I don’t see the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fly (n)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dried

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

answer

Speaker: Komla Sisa

from there

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

houses

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

know, console, argue, teach (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sprinkle (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chair

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa