Gutob English

father’s word , swear

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

take rest (vb.), sit for rest

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Brothel

Speaker: Komla Sisa

morning (about 7.30am)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Crooked legged, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[tomorrow I market=loc go-obj want lv=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I will want to go to the market tomorrow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

slippery place

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ripen, cause to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sit in water for long time

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

twenty-one

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig obj-I yet rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs have not bitten me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

skull

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

foot of cat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

sifter

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

rainbow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman obj-I push neg.cop] ‘the woman didn’t push me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

get hurt

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

banana

Speaker: Komla Sisa

kurey tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kurey tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hut

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

who

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

keep in leaning position

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tail

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man die=pst.i] ‘the man died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=pl woman=obj see=pst.ii aux=fut=pl] ‘the men will have seen the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wash (clothes etc.) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man=pl sleep=pst.i neg=aux=pl] ‘the men had not slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I rdpl~die neg.cop] ‘he+I didn’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she wasn’t looking at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

obey his word

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

then, after it, that

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

why

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Again

Speaker: Komla Sisa

stare

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small intestine

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Baby

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Carry something as a bag (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Fit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grandfather

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Big axe

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grand meeting

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Great-grand daughter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grandmother

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Crown

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[we pig=obj kill=(tam/pst.ii)=1pl] ‘we killed the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

us, from

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

our

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I child=gen foot neg=wash=water=1] ‘I don’t wash the baby’s foot’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I child=gen foot wash=water neg.cop=1] ‘I didn’t wash the baby’s foot’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj rdpl~tell=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was telling the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1 cncssv/causal dem.dist man=obj rdpl~say=1 neg.cop] ‘although I saw (him), I did not tell the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1 there one man sit=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘I saw someone standing/sitting there’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-you see-pst.ii aux=npst] ‘I know that the man saw you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man-obj you know-2 aux=npst=q] ‘I know that you know the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ninety

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you neg=cry] ‘you don’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you fall=pst.i=2] ‘you have fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you when obj-I say=npst=2] ‘when will you tell me?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Why do you talk like this to me?

Speaker: Komla Sisa

nineteen

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trouble, annoyance, hardship

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

have children

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Ceremony

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.prox=gen obj=3pron rdpl~give=2pl neg.cop] ‘you didn’t give it to her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person go=pst.i=2pl=prog] ‘you all are going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person sleep=pst.i aux=fut=2pl] ‘you all will have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl see=pl mirror=loc] ‘look at yourself in the mirror’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Enter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leaf of (cassis) fruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

husband

Speaker: Komla Sisa

liquor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Color

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Clear the bush

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sister in law

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Extinguish, Complete, End

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cake stuffing for

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

truth, true

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Adams apple, throat

Speaker: Komla Sisa

ill, become

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

oil, edible

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

oil, ink

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wooden necklace

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bury

Speaker: Komla Sisa

thirty

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

descend (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist person all day palm wine drink=pst.ii=prog] ‘The man used to drink palm-wine all day (his past habit, not true now)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dig up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hair Cutting

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fast (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tuft of hair on head

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[water without 1pl neg=live:neg.fut=1pl] ‘We can not live without water’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[tall man cooked.rice eat=pst.ii=prog] ‘the tall man is eating rice’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Comet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

instrument

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

be quiet be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shrimp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

penis

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stammerer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa