Gutob English

Ginger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

in, inside, also used as a noun meaning

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ground

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Camp, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

frog

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hole in the earth for pounding

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

weep

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

many, much

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

quickly

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sudden,

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[two=clssfr dog] ‘two dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

unmovable

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[to.here come.imp] ‘come here!’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bulky

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig forest=abl come.out=pst.i] ‘the pig came out from the forest’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lice, body

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

warm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cave

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

duck

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Dirty, be (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[woman yet neg=push=pl] ‘the woman won’t push you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman pig=obj fear=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘the woman was scared of the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman rdpl~eat=obj yet pig=obj rdpl~eat=obj neg=give=pst.ii aux] ‘the woman won’t have given food to the pig yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tuber species

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

raw mango

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

this much, a small bit of this size

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Banana

Speaker: Komla Sisa

kettle drum

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

crocodile

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Arrow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

note (v)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Ear wax

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Close

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron yet pig=pl=obj rdpl~see neg=aux=pst.i] ‘she wasn’t looking at the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I cry=pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘he+I are crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron work neg=lv prtcl] ‘He does not work’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fight

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

know, understand (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small finger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

little

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

intestine, small

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Big fish species

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

one having large eyes

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Get up, rise (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rub oneself (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

we are doing it

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Green bamboo (fuel)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Good

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Good news

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I neg=die.neg=neg.tam=1] ‘I don’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron look-pst.ii 3pron obj=I look=pst.ii] ‘I look at her, she looks at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron story tell=pst.ii=1 obj-3pron you rdpl~see=2 neg.cop] ‘You did not see the man who I told the story to’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you here why cop=npst=2] ‘why are you here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you when obj-I say=npst=2] ‘when will you tell me?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj-3pron tell=pst.ii=2=prog] ‘you have told her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

shrivel(ed), contract(ed) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-you dem.prox=gen give=pst.ii] ‘she gave it to you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you and obj-I cold neg-lv=pst.i] ‘you+I won’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

saw (see)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

olsi (oil) Linseed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Half dried

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

slice with knife

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

offence

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[boy sleep=pst.i aux=npst=q] ‘is the boy sleeping?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both yet cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl and I cry=pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘you+I are crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=gen=abl we both neg=take=neg.tam=1pl] ‘we two won’t take it from you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

presence, came

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

proof

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

old days

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shoot, sting

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ready, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

irritated, become

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rice morsel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Back up, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

device used for chopping meat

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

friend

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[Sonja where] ‘where is Sonja?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ask for, try to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Goldsmith

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Body of plough

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sit cross-legged (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

squirrel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

past

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

if not that

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[go=pst.i=gen year=abl] ‘from last year’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

today

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Chicken egg

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sprayer, syringe

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ladder

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[tall man] ‘tall man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

stage where fancy dress play held

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fourth

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Ant species

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Glitter to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa