Gutob English

Grimy

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

yawn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

finger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

now

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[now=abl dem.prox=gen I neg=give=1] ‘I do not give it to them yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet obj-3pron rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop] ‘I do not tell her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet you.pl=gen=abl we both neg=take=neg.tam=1pl] ‘we two will not take it from you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fishnet

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Chisel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

troop following groom

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

troop following groom

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

drunk, get

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Faith

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pond

Speaker: Komla Sisa

second

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Excess

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Entwined, be (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we see=pst.ii] ‘the pigs saw us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rice, broken

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman obj-you yet rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘the woman hasn’t told you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sad

Speaker: Komla Sisa

raw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mucus

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

river, stream

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Berry

Speaker: Komla Sisa

kusam tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

moon, new

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

twenty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Crocodile

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

vagina

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=pl go-pst.i=pl aux=pst.i] ‘the men had gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron rdpl~drunk-gen=adj] ‘he is drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I rdpl~drunk=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘he+I had not been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I die=pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I go neg.cop=1pl] ‘he+I aren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we dem.prox=gen yet both=obj rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘he hasn’t given it to us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-you rdpl~see=purp come=pst.i=prog] ‘he kept coming by to see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg-die=neg.tam=pl] ‘they don’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl fall=pst.i-pl neg.cop] ‘they haven’t fallen’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron eat=pst.ii=prog] ‘she is eating’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[what=indef person dem.dist man-obj see-pst.ii=pl=prog=q] ‘did anyone see the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

underground room (previously used as dormitories)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yesterday] ‘yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yesterday dem.dist man-obj I see-pst.ii=1] ‘I saw the man yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Condition

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Small Children

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

be big be, make big

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

school, middle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kith & kin

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj kill=pst.ii=1pl neg.cop] ‘we two are not killing the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Blue

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I story rdpl~say=purp begin=1] ‘I began telling them the story’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[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: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you see=npst=1] ‘I see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I know that the man did not see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grope in dark

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you I neg=cry=1pl] ‘you+I don’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dusk

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

female

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lady, young

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

woman, young

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wide

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Grape tree

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

young bullock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Adolescent (male)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

work

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl yet man=pl=obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you will not have seen the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl cry-pst.i=pl] ‘you have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cake

Speaker: Komla Sisa

pass the night

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

old

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cheek

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

jaw, chin, face bone

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

plain, level field

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Bullock, young

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sweet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

one who speaks

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shiver

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[yes dem.dist person-obj I neg-know=1] ‘yes I do know this man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

post office

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wrapper, upper cloth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bathe, another (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

mud mixed with water

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

incident, accident

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

undressed

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hot, spicy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[see man-obj I see=pst.ii=1 dem.dist man-obj see=pst.ii obj-I give.imp] ‘The man who saw you yesterday told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

seeing

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

look

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Give greetings

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

roof

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

I wonder

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

smooth

Speaker: Komla Sisa

stammering girl

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Abide by, observe to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa