Gutob English

[(obj-I) pig rdpl~see=obj desire] ‘I want to see the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Coarse rice

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bad weather

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Brothel

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Errant

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Drunk get

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

spittle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thick

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fart (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Blow a flute

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pumpkin

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Accuse (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mist, fog

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig tiger=gen=ins die=pst.i] the pig was killed by the tiger

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig=pl rdpl~bite=pl neg.cop] ‘the pigs were not biting me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

toothache

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

remain a maiden (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

horse rider

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cut

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ankle

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

surround

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

drink liquor

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Gruel, the liquid morning meal called ‘pej’

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Excrement

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman laugh=pst.i=prog] ‘the woman is laughing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman eat=pst.ii=prog] ‘the woman is eating’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wife of

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman obj-you yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘the woman wasn’t looking at you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-you rdpl~see neg=aux=pst.i] ‘the woman wasn’t looking at you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woma=pl pig=obj neg=kill=pl] ‘the women do not kill the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sad

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dump

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

raw fruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spread trap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Amount

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

potter (male)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

land lord, owner of field

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grain particle

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

hide

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hidden, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron fall=pst.i aux=npst] ‘he falls down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I drunk neg.cop] ‘he+I weren’t drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bird species

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Day after tomorrow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Addition

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Center

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[we yet go=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t gone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Deceitful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

good voice, mouth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Good news

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I now=abl obj-3pron=pl=obj rdpl~see=1 neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘I was not looking at them yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-I see-pst.ii] ‘I know that the man saw me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I obj-you when=indef/emph neg=see=1] ‘I will never see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I all person-obj dem.prox=gen now neg=give=1] ‘I will not give it to everyone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen=abl yet what=indef rdpl~take=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you all had not taken anything from me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you what say:pst.ii=2=q] ‘what are you saying?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj=3pron fear=pst.i=2pl=prog] ‘you are not scared of her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you which man=obj see=pst.i=2 obj-3pron I story neg-tell=pst.ii=1 aux=pst.i] ‘You saw the man who I did not tell the story to’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-3pron=pl=obj cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘they didn’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

press (vb.), throttle (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leaf packet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hear

Speaker: Komla Sisa

thousand

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl fall=pst.i=2pl neg=aux=pst.i] ‘you had not fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you didn’t push the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl sleep=obj go.imp=pl] ‘go to sleep! (said to two or more people)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chew tobacco

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Coax to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

first child

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

swimming

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sesame

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

husband

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Bore someone to (be uninteresting to)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Crowbar

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rich & poor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hair rope

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

Everything

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Compare

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

signature

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

issue, order, implement

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

set a fire

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[three=clssfr black pig] ‘three black pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tip

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj see-pst.ii aux=pst.i=mod obj-I say] ‘if you see the man, tell me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

there, in that place

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Hair Cutting

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[which person=gen name I rdpl~say=1 neg.cop obj=3pron obj-I see=pl] ‘The man I did not tell your name to saw me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

he goat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dhamna snake

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Climb to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

having been

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

inside of something, house, place etc.

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

residential house

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tecoma flower

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

house lizard

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chain

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

penis glans

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

limp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa