Gutob English

Defeat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

that side, there

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bring, fetch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

father’s word , swear

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stranger

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Sand soil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

morning (about 7.30am)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tomato

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tease, vex

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

saved, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pimple

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spinning device

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

understand

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

quickly

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

assembled in one place

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Appropriate

Speaker: Komla Sisa

think

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj yet neg=bite=pst.ii] ‘the pigs will not have bitten us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gnaw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Back (adv.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Behind

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tick-tock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

poor

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

instrument, fishing trap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Diamond

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Air , wind, storm

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cold (weather)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tuber species

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

branch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

how many

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Amount

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

news, fresh

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

know information

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Mother’s younger sister’s husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Berry

Speaker: Komla Sisa

orange

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

taste, astringent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Elbow

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wage

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dirty

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lock up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man=pl neg.antic=go-pst.i aux=pst.i=pl] ‘the men will have not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron man=pl=obj yet push neg.cop] ‘she hasn’t pushed the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron sleep=fut] ‘he will sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg=go.mod=pl] ‘they won’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=pl neg.cop] ‘they two didn’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gang

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Artiste

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[one man swim=pst.i=ss/nfin river there=side go=pst.i] ‘one man swam across to that side of the river’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Court

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

have a meeting

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fade

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[big-adj dog] ‘big dog’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Aunty (mother’s elder sister)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

own

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

measure out, measuring

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

prevent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coconut tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I could not see you then’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I wait=1 aux=npst] ‘I am still waiting’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

snap ones own fingers (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I neg-know=1 how lv=pst.ii=nfin speak=pst.ii=1=prog Gadaba language] ‘I don’t know how to speak Gadaba language’

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 now=abl die=pst.i neg=aux=1pl] ‘you+I will not have died yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you dem.dist man-obj neg-see=pst.ii aux=pst.i=mod obj-I say] ‘if you don’t see the man, tell me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Curse (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Dance in which boys and girls dance together

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thrust

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl rdpl~run=gen=obj cause lv=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you made me run’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nest (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

beak

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Back (body part)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chaff, husk of rice, bran

Speaker: Komla Sisa

jackfruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rub (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

red ochre

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Flower (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rich

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sea

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Faithful

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Companion

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sell (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

knot in tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heard, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Flash of lightening

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Day third

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

thirty

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nail of finger

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj say=pst.ii=1 cncssv/causal dem.dist man obj-I see-pst.ii] ‘I told the man because he saw me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

village head man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

gadfly/ gnat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Deep

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Caster oil seed

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bet

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

District

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

lame

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa