Gutob English

unseen

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

starting signal

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

till now

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Divide (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

stink (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bellow (vb.) (cow)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

twelfth day

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hunting

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

variety

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

different

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stone

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

make stone hole

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

slippery place

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Ape

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[two=clssfr dog] ‘two dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

here and there

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Group, herd

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cut down a hill forest for burning cultivation (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Armlet, bracelet, wristlet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

vulture, kite (bird)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

slopey

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bark

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Brick, stone or brick used for fire place

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

let’s go!

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman yet obj-I push neg.cop] ‘the woman didn’t push me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Black, soot

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

knock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scrape self

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

itch

Speaker: Komla Sisa

they gave the news

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

throat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

variety of white pumpkin mostly growing on the roof of a hut

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Draft

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

twenty

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Drop drop to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

who

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

road, lonely

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

killer, murderer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron cry-pst.i=prog] ‘he is crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pitcher, empty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

chase another (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

little

Speaker: Komla Sisa

day

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

big

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Clock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

impotent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

storage basket

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[we obj-you.pl both=obj neg=see=pst.ii aux=1pl] ‘we will not have seen you two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=obj rdpl~eat=obj give=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I am giving food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

turn (oneself) (vb.), (sun) decline after midday (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man-obj you know-2 aux=npst=q] ‘I know that you know the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man-obj see-pst.ii aux-pst.i=2=q] ‘I know that you saw the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

never

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

net

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[obj-3pron=pl=obj cold lv=pst.i aux=pst] ‘they had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I pig rdpl~see-obj desire neg.cop] ‘I don’t want to see the pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

insert

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

teach (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

killed, be

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cardamom

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ornament

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sit on egg

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lip

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl obj-we rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop=2pl] ‘you are not looking at us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pus

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Day, fifth

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

make angry

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rice powder

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seven

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

soap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cow dung solution sprinkled on the courtyard in the morning

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bamboo mat

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Around

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

most people

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

level water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dream

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sun

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

woodpecker

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

light (n.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

muskrat (lit. hair of the hand)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sister

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist woman-obj every day see=npst obj-I I=gen name neg-know] ‘although the woman sees me every day, she does not know my name’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist person-obj see=pst.ii=2 aux=pst.i=q] ‘had you see the man?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

come here (plural)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Abate to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dried

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

north

Speaker: Komla Sisa

butter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Family

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Backyard

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[house=loc pig stand=pst.i aux=npst] ‘the pig is standing in the house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

houses

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ghost

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

telegram

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Exchange purchase

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nitrogen

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Father sister’s daughter, wife’s elder brothers wife

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

steal (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa