Gutob English

Cackle (vb.) (hen)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bamboo hook used for straw

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

Bring, fetch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[neg=run=pl] ‘don’t run! (said to two or more people)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

stationary, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yet man=pl obj-you rdpl~see=pl neg.cop] ‘the men were not looking at you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Brinjal

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Lips, Cracked Lips

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cry (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fishing hook

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Elder brothers wife (a joke relation)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tree type

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Burn (vi.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig big cop=pst.i=nfin rdpl~buy=1 neg.cop] ‘although the pig is big, I did not buy it’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Excreta of goat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

chicken cage

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

cave

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[Thursday=abl I obj=3pron=pl rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not see them on Thursday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

horse, mare

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mother

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pursuantly

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

karandi fish

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[branch rdpl~break neg.cop] ‘the branch has not broken’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fox

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tortoise

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mole rat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

burning fire

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man now/yet=emph rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man has not (yet) eaten’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man=pl woman=pl=obj rdpl~see aux-pst.i=pl] ‘the men were looking at the women’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

killer, murderer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tall

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron and I rdpl~die neg.cop] ‘he+I didn’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

spider web

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Collect(ion)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

paternal uncle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

small bit of wood

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

which are, to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Big lake

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[we drunk=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘we have been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rice, sun dry

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

son’s son,

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I neg-drink=1] ‘I don’t drink’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I neg=cry=neg.tam=1] ‘I won’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I market=dir go=fut=1 pig buy=pst.ii=nfin come=fut=1] ‘I will go to the market, buy a pig and come back’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~drunk neg=aux] ‘I wasn’t drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj push=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not push them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop=1] ‘I don’t see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grope in dark

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you and I yet go-pst.i neg.cop=1pl] ‘you+I aren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dusk

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

need

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Habit

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

showing in this direction

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

show (by bringing the object) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

planted , planting

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[girl sad cop=npst] ‘the girl is sad’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl now=abl cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you didn’t cry yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar 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 both rdpl~drunk-gen person] ‘you two are drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj yet neg=see=2pl] ‘you will not see the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl why dem.dist:gen do=pst.ii=2pl] ‘why did you do that?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all are not looking at the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig-obj neg=kill=pl] ‘you all won’t kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person rdpl~fall=pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person sleep=pst.i=2pl] ‘you all slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

moon, month, full

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tear (vb.), have torn by another (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scrape

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Color

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

last year

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bean species

Speaker: Komla Sisa

silent keep

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hawker

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil, edible

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sell(ing)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

massage oil (on another) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweet dish

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

farmer

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pressed rice

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

iguana

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

that person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dig up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

those

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[which person you=gen name rdpl~say neg.cop obj-3pron see=pl] ‘The man I did not tell your name to saw me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kind of sharp edged grass called in Desia Barea ʤoɽ

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Climb, ride (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sound from water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Family

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

stage where fancy dress play held

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Amulet/talisman

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Exchange purchase

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thigh

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bride price

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

virgin

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Clever girl

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lay with string for building

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wash hair

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa