Gutob English

Have another’s hand washed by another person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Expect

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trail

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

threshing floor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cloth for Indian man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash anothers body (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

separated, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

powerful

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wash hair

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cling to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

frighten

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Fearful, timid

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

shop

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one

Speaker: Komla Sisa

shower of rain (heavy)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scabbies

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one with bent tooth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Claw

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash hands

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Destroyed to be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grind

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

horse, mare

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sheet of paper

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Engage in work

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

have itch

Speaker: Komla Sisa

spread trap

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

branch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

male person, a married man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pestle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[men=pl obj-you see=pst.ii=pl=prog] ‘the men are looking at you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Laugh and speak

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron yet obj-I neg=kill] ‘she won’t kill me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet sleep neg.cop] ‘he hasn’t slept yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Beggar

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

what for

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small basket type

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

But

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[yesterday see=pst.ii=gen man-obj I say=pst.ii=1] ‘I told the man who you saw yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Court

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Big mouse

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we obj-you.pl=pl=obj see=pst.ii=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘we two had seen you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Good

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[I obj-3pron look-pst.ii=1=prog 3pron obj=I look=pst.ii=prog] ‘I am looking at her and she is looking at me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I neg-drink=1] ‘I don’t drink’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you see=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I have seen you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I come=pst.i=1 and basket=pp woman=obj tell=pst.ii=1] ‘I came and told the woman about the basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen father] ‘my father’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wash self

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you man=pl=obj see] ‘look at the men!’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I go.mod/imp=1pl] ‘you+I go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj-3pron dem.dist man=obj kill=pst.ii=2] ‘you kill the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

two handfuls

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

have breakfast

Speaker: Komla Sisa

son

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Eighteen

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Child abductor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

reverse, invert

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash clothes

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Diarrhea

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[you.pl obj-we neg=fear=fut=2pl] ‘you will have not been scared of us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we push=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘you were pushing us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person neg=go.mod=pl] ‘you all don’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all weren’t crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person drunk neg.cop] ‘you all have not been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bowl made from gourd

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

trial

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

negligence, neglect

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

stomach

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

old

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rice morsel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

opened

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

skeleton

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

horned deer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bowl

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Flavor(ful)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

lean & thin

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

set a fire

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wooden pestle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tremble (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Earthquake

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

orphaned

Speaker: Komla Sisa

welcome!

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[there how.many pig cop=npst=pl] ‘how many pigs are there’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

no

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Fly fly

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Dry up (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

answer

Speaker: Komla Sisa

winnower

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fee

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Doctor, lady

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

give summon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Altar/ platform

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hill, high

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nevertheless

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Police Station

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tip of finger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drench in sweat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drizzle

Speaker: Radha Kirsani