Gutob English

word, sound

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tribe, people of

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Caress, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

slow moving garden lizard

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Gum

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yet I pig=pl=obj kill=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i=1] ‘I had not killed the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

twelve

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rise, appear as of sun, (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

muscle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

various flowering trees

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hole in the earth for pounding

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

year

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Feast

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Beat to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sister! (addressed by another sister)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

this year

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.prox=gen three=clssfr dog] ‘these three dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hither thither

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[here hospital cop=npst=q] ‘Is there a hospital nearby?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sprout (n)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs didn’t bite us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Female of cat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cock crowing time

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

in morning

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bleed

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

for, for the sake of

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

jump

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

(shaft of the) arrow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

panther

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spread

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[branch break.Od neg.cop] ‘the branch didn’t break’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Banana plant

Speaker: Komla Sisa

piece, a little

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Anyone, anything

Speaker: Komla Sisa

whoever, anybody

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron yet neg=see] ‘she does not see yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron pig=pl=obj neg=see] ‘she will not see the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘he+I haven’t fallen’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both now=abl drunk rdpl~lv=pl neg.cop] ‘they two won’t be drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-you yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she isn’t looking at you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I know

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

or

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one piece

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make get up (by another) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Earthen pot, small

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Chili

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[big black pig] ‘big black pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

day

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[we go=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘we have gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we market tomorrow market=dir go=pst.i=nfin dem.dist market=dir go=pst.i=nfin basket buy=1pl] ‘because we will go to the market tomorrow, we will sell the baskets’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

A good place

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I dem.prox story rdpl~tell=obj begin lv=npst=1] ‘I am trying to tell you this story right now’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~sit neg.cop] ‘I am not sitting’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj rdpl~see=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was looking at them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron yet rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I will not have seen her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

niece, husband’s brother’s daughter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I neg-drink=1] ‘I don’t drink’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bite

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

remove

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

idle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stick (v)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Girl

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hear

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

squirting tube

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pot, broken

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl both yet sleep neg.cop=2pl] ‘you two aren’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both die-fut] ‘you two died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we both=obj push aux=pst.ii=pl] ‘you all had pushed us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

arrive

Speaker: Komla Sisa

palm of hand

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

police

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

negligence, neglect

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

full

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Five rupee (coin or note)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

scratch

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Agree to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cab, cart

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leveller, equalizer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Edible fruit

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Carrying staff

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Faithful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

seventy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

signature

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Make Clean

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

throw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Catch by hand to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

weigh

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

load

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweep with soft broom (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

which, there, where

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

outside

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Empty

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

goose

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Go to sleep

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Clean cooking vessels

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

disagree, be of two opposing opinions

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

moon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

birdlime

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa