Gutob English

Come back to

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Gum

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forget (vb.)

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

hump of bullock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make pungent (vb.)

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Lips, Cracked Lips

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Bark cloak

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Businessman

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return

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tomorrow

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kinds of pumpkin

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pray(er)

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wet, become

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Dependent man

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ripe

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white hair

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Day tenth

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here

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Eat too much

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burn (vt)

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[pig obj-we when=indef rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs have never bitten us yet’

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recede (vb.)

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Cowdung cake

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[woman pig dem.dist man=gen=abl take-pst.i] ‘the woman took the pig from the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tender, soft

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Concession

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Abuse each other

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[3pron yet go neg.cop] ‘he didn’t go yet’

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[3pron obj=we tell=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘he will have told us two’

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[3pron=pl both cry=pl neg.cop] ‘they2 haveɖ not cried’

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[3pron=pl both rdpl~die=pl neg.cop] ‘they two haven’t died’

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[3pron=pl both die-fut=pl] ‘they two will die’

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

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Also

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

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Drunkard

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love, feel affection

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Faint (vb)

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elder sister

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Eave

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Gather (tr.vb.)

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pillow

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

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own

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shoot with a gun (vb.)

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[we cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘we didn’t cry’

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[we sleep=pst.i neg=aux=1pl] ‘we had not slept’

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Good smell

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odor

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Mother’s younger sister, stepmother

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[I market=dir go=fut=1 pig rdpl~buy=purp] ‘I will go to the market to buy a pig’

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[I self rdpl~see=1 aux-pst.i] ‘I looked at myself’

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[I obj-3pron=pl=obj now=abl rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not looking at them yet’

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[I obj=you.pl all person-obj rdpl~tell=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was telling you all’

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[I=gen three=clssfr pig] ‘my 3 pigs’

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[I=gen two daughter cop=npst=pl] ‘I have two daughters’

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[I neg-sleep=neg.tam=1] ‘I’m not sleeping’

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[I go=fut and I=gen bow obj-3pron give=npst=1] ‘I will go and give him my bow’

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[obj-you cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you didn’t have a cold’

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[obj-you.pl both=obj cold lv=pst.i aux=fut] ‘you two will have a cold’

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teach (vb.)

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leaf

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Half dried

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[boy sleep=pst.i aux=npst=q] ‘was the boy sleeping?’

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Feed

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snare

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Daylight, dawn

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lesson

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[you.pl now=abl drunk rdpl~lv=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all haven’t been drunk yet’

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

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[you.pl both cry=pl neg.cop] ‘you two didn’t cry’

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[you.pl obj-we rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you won’t see us’

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[you all person market=dir Thursday go=pst.i=2pl neg.cop] ‘y’all didn’t use to go to the market on Thursdays’

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[you.pl all person sleep=pl neg.cop] ‘you all will not have slept’

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[you.pl=gen=abl we both neg=take=neg.tam=1pl] ‘we two won’t take it from you’

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tobacco

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pregnant

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rich person

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Cow dung solution sprinkled on the courtyard in the morning

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ladder, wooden

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seal

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third person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

loosened, untied

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high

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mouth, burning sensation in

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[which person obj-I name say=pst.ii obj-3pron see=npst=1] ‘The man who told us his name saw you’

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trick

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[today] ‘today’

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

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restrict

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wooden ladder

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Knife blade

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sweep with soft broom (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small stone grinder used for ragi

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

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roll down (vb.)

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watch (v)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

invocation

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Acting

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mark

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string garland, plait hair (vb.)

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keep silent

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