Gutob English

[many.times=abl dem.prox story rdpl~tell=obj I think=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I have tried to tell you this story many times before’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fatherless

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

otherwise

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

son-in-law

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

penis

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scratch another (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

other’s

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

others

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Faith

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Ant hill

Speaker: Komla Sisa

pond

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mango

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cow shed

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

ten

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tenth day

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

two anna piece

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Disobedient

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

make a heap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

put

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bell

Speaker: Komla Sisa

poor

Speaker: Komla Sisa

remove an embedded thorn (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dirt

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

in this manner, in such a manner

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

size

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

drink

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[woman pig=obj rdpl~eat=obj rdpl~give neg=aux] ‘the woman will not have given food to the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-I yet rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘the woman hasn’t told me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dirt, a grain of paddy in which rice is not appeared

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bitch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wrapper, kind of thick cloth for winter, a blanket

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

injured

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pot herb type

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Crocodile

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

butterfly

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[3pron yet rdpl~drunk neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘he wasn’t drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I sleep=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘he+I are sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

After that

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron stand neg.cop] ‘she is not standing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mother’s brother

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tadpole

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small intestine

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tadpole

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

big, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

we two

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we neg-go-pst.i aux=1pl] ‘we will have not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we go=pst.i neg=aux=1pl] ‘we weren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we sleep=imp/mod=1pl] ‘we sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I yet rdpl~drunk neg.cop] ‘I am not drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I yesterday obj-you rdpl~see=obj want rdpl~lv lv=pst.i=1] ‘I had to see you yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I child=gen hand wash.water=npst=1] ‘I wash the baby’s hand’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj now=abl see=pst.ii=1 neg.cop] ‘I will not have seen the man yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=pst.i=1 and basket basket=pp woman=obj tell=pst.ii=1aux=pst.i] ‘I went and told the woman about the basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I village-dir inside go neg-1 aux-pst.i] ‘I didn’t go to the village every day’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

situation

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you what say:pst.ii=2=q] ‘what did you say?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we cold lv=pst.i aux=fut] ‘we will have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

give a leaf

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

possess(ion), (have) right

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Divide Separate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heifer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

poke

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl both neg-go=pst.i=2pl aux] ‘you two weren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj see=npst=2pl] ‘you will see the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl fall=pst.i=2pl neg=aux=pst.i] ‘you had not fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl see=2pl] ‘look at yourself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dog, troublesome son or man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chew tobacco

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

reader

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

toy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pour (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Assemble to (tr.vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Back up, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

purchased, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bowl

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

oil

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

say

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

set in fire

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

palm leaf headband for woman

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thirty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man neg-eat] ‘the man will not eat’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hiccup

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dawn

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sustained

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Deep sea

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Great round snake

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

cooked

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

trap, net spread

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Caste

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

plucked, be, gathered, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

animal licks

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cradle, swing

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rob(bery)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ponder (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Day sixth

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Become grey

Speaker: Komla Sisa