Gutob English

Call to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hypocrisy, false

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

razor-cut

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

share

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kind of tree locally called. Bami

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Allure to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hunt

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scorpion

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[where you.pl cop=npst] ‘where are you?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dwarf

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cow flea

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Beard

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

priest

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[tiger=obj hit/kill aux=pst.ii=pl] ‘the tiger was killed’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

two rupee (coin or note)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Countless

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Billy goat

Speaker: Komla Sisa

toothless woman

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

flea

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thorn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Lips

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Child female

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cucumber

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cultivate

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

weapon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Corner

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Carry on shoulder (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

small pot

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Bough of date palm

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lid of a pot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kick (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sit down

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sitting position

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sitting position

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

murderer, murderess

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I rdpl~drunk aux=pst.i] ‘he+I were drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron sleep=pst.i aux=npst] ‘he is sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl go=pst.i=pl=prog] ‘they are going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

throw at each other, sell to one another (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Brother younger

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grandfather

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

storage basket

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Bald person

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

indoor game

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I yet rdpl~drunk neg.cop=1] ‘I won’t be drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=pl=obj rdpl~eat=obj neg=give=1] ‘I will not give food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I self neg-wash.hand-neg.tam=1] ‘I am not washing myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I today obj-you neg-see=1] ‘I should not see you today’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=pst.i=1 and I=gen bow obj-3pron give=pst.ii=1] ‘I went and gave him my bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Day, ninth

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[you yet man=pl=obj kill=2 neg.cop] ‘you didn’t kill the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you pig buy=pst.ii=gen after here come.imp] ‘after you buy the pig, come back here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-3pron and obj-I cold rdpl~lv neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘he+I haven’t had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you.pl=obj cold lv=pst.i aux=npst] ‘you all have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Better

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leaf

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leafless plant, tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[girl-obj sad neg.cop] ‘the girl is not sad’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

have children

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

turn out, bring out (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cloth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl both die=pst.i=2pl aux=npst] ‘you two have died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj see=pst.ii=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not seen the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

you two

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

broken tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lunar month

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ribbon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Door opened, be

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

interpreter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

language, speaking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pluck flower, gather fruit from the tree (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sixty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Harpoon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

(red) kamala, kumkum (Mallotus philippensis)

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Deer

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

the whole, all

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Customer

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

say

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

speak

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leg

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fire

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Dish

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

truck

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist house=loc three man cop=npst=pl] ‘three men are in the house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

smear the mudwall (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

oil made from earth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rich man, money lender, trader

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cover up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bat (as in cricket)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Difficulty

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

water snake

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

gadfly/ gnat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

snail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

justified

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

heart doctor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cross cousin, cross cousin brothers

Speaker: Radha Kirsani