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hypocrite

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yet obj=you.pl=pl=obj we neg=tell=1pl] ‘we will not tell you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Benefactor

Speaker: Komla Sisa

troop following groom

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sell (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Danger

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[pond one village middle cop=npst] ‘A pond is in the middle of the village’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

put, keep, fill (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

snake slough

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

occupy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tiger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sick

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig neg=die=fut] ‘the pig will not be killed’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Engrave to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

urinate (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pregnant (animal)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Gruel made of rice and pulse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

arrow

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Employee

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

how many

Speaker: Komla Sisa

shoulder

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

neck tie

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wall

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cut with axe

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

benefit

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tail

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

nib

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

human

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

honeycomb

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

As

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[3pron pig yet see=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i] ‘she had not seen the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron die=pst.i aux=npst] ‘he is dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘he+I have fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both rdpl~drunk=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they two were drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron work neg=lv prtcl] ‘He does not work’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron rdpl~sit neg.cop] ‘he is not sitting’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

natural

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

get (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

something, bit, little

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

stanza

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[little child] ‘little girl’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

finger, middle

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

spices

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Get up, rise (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

shoot with a gun (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

name (vb)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we obj=you.pl=pl=obj see=pst.ii=1pl aux=fut] ‘we will have seen you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen right hand wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I (will) wash my right hand’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~know neg.cop=1 dem.dist person obj-you see-pst.i aux-npst] ‘I don’t know that that man saw you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen two=clssfr arm] ‘these two arms of mine’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I yet cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘you+I haven’t cried yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I prtcl cold lv=pst.i aux=npst] ‘I have had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you cold lv=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘you had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you see=pst.ii=1 cncssv/causal rdpl~say neg.cop=1] ‘because I saw you I told the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

I see you

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Collect leaf from tree (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Female

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dancer, female

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Child thief

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

horizontal pole on which wet clothes are hung for drying

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash clothes

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we fear=fut=2pl] ‘you will have been scared of us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig-obj rdpl~eat=obj give=pst.ii neg=aux=2pl] ‘you all will not have given food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cake

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

port

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

old, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

husband

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

word

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bamboo mat

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Cab, cart

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

plow

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

stem

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fire be extinguished (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fire &smoke

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

palm juice

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Daylight, dawn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Earthen pan for cooking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

eagle

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

night

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bear to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

welcome!

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Fasting to do

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Difficult

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[water give.imp] ‘give (me) water’

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

ladder

Speaker: Komla Sisa

stalk

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

late, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cook food, the act of cooking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

telegram

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tendka tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

snail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

magician

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

At that time, when, also

Speaker: Komla Sisa

salutation

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

horrible to see

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

run away

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sugar

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

disturbed, blown mind

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

vacation

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa