Gutob Talking Dictionary

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a-majʔ ʤu

see, look at him, her! (imperative form)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

adivasi ʤati

tribe, people of

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ar-somoʔ or=oʔɖu=tu

not eat, watch

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bakɽa

hut in the threshing floor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

barat=nu ʧon

Indian hemp

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

basna

smelly

Speaker: Komla Sisa

baʧej=ʔu

select (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

besi niman

Good very

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

beʈ=boʔ ij=a=naiʔ

Go hunt

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

bikej=oʔbeʔ=naj

sell

Speaker: Komla Sisa

binbin-kan itiʔ

mushroom species

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

biroŋ boŋtel

Buffalo, wild

Speaker: Komla Sisa

biʤa sulop

Bay bija tree

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bos

Clan

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

boʔɖiʔke

Address

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bulu=nu bulu

mango, ripe

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

gala boros=ɖiʔke

[last year=abl] ‘from last year’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gaʤa

sprout

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

gegeb ɖaʔ

Boil water (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gibig o-naj pelaʔ beɽ=oʔ=ni

[pig obj-we push aux=pst.ii=prog] ‘the pigs had pushed us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gimeʔ sam

Goat skin

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

goiɽaʔ

flea

Speaker: Komla Sisa

gulʈi ɖeŋ=gu=su meʔɖi(ŋ)=a=nai

Dance forming a circle

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

gũɖgũɖa ɖem=nai

Crush

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

imar=gu

Dirty, be (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

joŋkoj ludu uraʔ

[woman laugh neg.cop] ‘the woman is not laughing’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kiɽa ʤati

insect species

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

konɖroŋ

neck

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kosiɽa

rope

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kumir

Crocodile

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

lagai=nu iŋra

Embers

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

lalajʔ

onomatopoetic words

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leʈrin

latrine

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lok miro piŋ=gi

a person came

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

maj gibig=nen=laj ʤu=tu

[3pron pig=pl=obj see=npst] ‘she will see the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

maj=nen loʔ=gu=nen ɖu=gu

[3pron=pl fall=pst.i=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they were falling down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

makɽa ʤa:l

spider web

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

maʔ=nu kol

lap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

maʔ=tu-niŋ

I know

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mbaʈo

sisters husband

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

miro lok-laj moɽo ɖeɖem

make another person or thing big (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

miʔen kujig

small pot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

moɽo bobre

elder brother

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

moɽo õja

Big variety of frog

Speaker: Komla Sisa

moʔbil

eye socket

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

naj gojʔ=loŋ=nej

[we die=fut=1pl] ‘we will die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

najʔ duilok mama=su banʤa

we two are maternal uncle and nephew

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

naɽaʔ beɽ=oʔ

prevent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nej duilok o-pen=nare aʔpoʈek ʤuʤu=nej uraʔ

[we both obj-you.pl=pp yet rdpl~see=1pl neg.cop] ‘we two didn’t see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nej o-pen=nen=laj ar=sun=nej

[we obj=you.pl=pl=obj neg=tell=1pl] ‘we won’t tell you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

neɽi ɖeŋ=gu

Fat, grow (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

niman

beautiful

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nise=nu biren

sharpening tool

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

niŋ o-maj=nen=laj ʤuʤu=niŋ uraʔ

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

niŋ o-majʔ bebeʔ=niŋ uraʔ

[I obj-3pron rdpl~give=1 neg.cop] ‘I was not giving it to her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

niŋ o-nom ar-maʔ=niŋ

[I obj-you neg-know=1] ‘I don’t know you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

niŋ tunon=niŋ uraʔ

[I stand=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not standing’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

niŋ=nu onuʔon

my daughter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

niŋlejlej uraʔ

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

niŋmamaʔ=niŋuraʔtu lok-laj nomʤu=oʔ=nom

[I rdpl~know=1 neg.cop dem.dist man=obj you see=pst.ii=2] ‘I don’t know that you saw the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

niŋo-nomʤuʤu uraʔ

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

nom mioʔ niŋ ɖuri=a=naj

[you and I sleep-imp/mod=1pl] ‘you+I will sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nom tu lok=len=laj ar=dor

[you dem.dist man=pl=obj neg=kill] ‘you do not kill the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

o-nom loroʔ ɖeɖem uraʔ

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

olma kiɖa

small red ant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

onʤirel=nu ʤilki nana

sun shine (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

orguɽaj=gu orguɽaj=gu ija

Crawl (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

oʔonɖuɽiʔ=guɖu=tu=ki

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

palej kuɽuŋ ʧapej=oʔ

pressed inside

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

paʈol-kan olaʔ

thin paper

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pen duilok gogoj=pen uraʔ

[you.pl both rdpl~die=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two don’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pen duilok goj=loŋ

[you.pl both die-fut] ‘you two died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pen sobu lok ar=goj=a=nen

[you.pl all person neg-die=neg.tam=pl] ‘you all don’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pen sobu lok gibig=laj sosom=laj beɽ=oʔ ɖu=loŋ=pen

[you.pl all person pig-obj rdpl~eat=obj give=pst.ii aux=fut=2pl] ‘you all will have given food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

poɽej=naj

read

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

purna din

old days

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sa:t

seven

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

saŋgaɽi

On each others shoulders or waist (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

saʈe

sixty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

seb=oʔ

worship, sacrifice, slaughter (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

so:t

truth, true

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

soʈok

signature

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

soʔol ar=laga=nu ʧendi

oilless hair

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

suloi

abdomen

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sundor ɖeŋ=gu

Be Clean

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sĩ:

sun

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sũõl bara

Faggot

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tasi

Farmer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tobnaŋ

high

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tol=oʔbeʔ

tie

Speaker: Komla Sisa

umboʔlok o-nej nao susun uraʔtu lok-laj ʤu=nen

[which person obj-we name rdpl~say neg.cop dem.dist man-obj see=pl] ‘The man who didn’t tell us his name saw you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

uʔsoŋ

Grey, ashes, ashen, ash-colored

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

ɖaʈam-kaŋ

Difficulty

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

ɖiɽe buʔ

beat slowly

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ɖuka=naj

stay (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ʤoɽek buʤa

[two arm] ‘two arms’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ʧapa ɖeŋ=gu

print(ed)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ʧinar bulon

Father sister’s daughter, wife’s elder brothers wife

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

ʧoki

Chair

Speaker: Komla Sisa

ʧupʧap=gu=nai ɖuka

Abide by, observe to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2016)
The Gutob Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1500092 from National Science Foundation for "Documentation of Gutob, an endangered Munda language of India.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S. and K. David Harrison. 2016. Gutob Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/gutob

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