Gutob English

inside

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

moonless day

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[neg=come=imp=pl] ‘do not come’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

otherwise

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

market, at the

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

yet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chisel

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Battery

Speaker: Komla Sisa

kinds of bird

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hill gram

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

spit (v)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Bind, bundle (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

wet, become

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

save

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Disagree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Goddess

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

these people

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.prox=gen small house] ‘this small house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

from here

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

bat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

do more

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dislike, disregard

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dead

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

death

Speaker: Komla Sisa

grave

Speaker: Komla Sisa

wine

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seed of sua corn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

school

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Corn, kind of

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cultivate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

be blind

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scratch self

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Corner

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Extend, stretch (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

squint

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hut

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

way

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make something long (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fire inside the guest house

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[3pron go=fut] ‘he will go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=pst.i=pl aux=npst] ‘they two have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron say=pst.ii] ‘he said it’

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

then, after it, that

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yesterday] ‘yesterday’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

or

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Cut in one stroke (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

once, one turn in a game

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

young one of buffalo

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Actress

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pipe

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we both obj-you.pl rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘we two have not seen you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we obj=you.pl rdpl~see=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘we were looking at you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fat, be (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

child

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tie to yoke (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I wait=pst.ii neg.cop=1] ‘I am not still waiting’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen three=clssfr big-adj black pig] ‘my 3 big black pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen house] ‘my house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~know neg.cop=1] ‘I don’t know’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Darkness

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[you and I die=pst.i=1pl] ‘you+I died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I fall=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘you+I were falling’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-3pron and obj-I cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘he+I have not had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Establish, Set up

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

olsi (oil) Linseed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

female

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fly, leave, set off (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

flat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[there neg-go.imp] ‘don’t go over there!’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

veil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

horizontal pole on which wet clothes are hung for drying

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl yet go=pst.i=2pl neg.cop] ‘you haven’t gone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both cry=pst.i=2pl] ‘you two have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fruit type, like pear, root

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Cage

Speaker: Komla Sisa

married

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

grind

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sister in law

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Encouraged

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cart, car

Speaker: Komla Sisa

one hundred

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

intestines

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

comb

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

highland for cultivation

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

one having six fingers on each hand

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist boy sleep neg.antic] ‘the boy was not asleep yet’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

opposite

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

in a line from north south (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

utensil for cooking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bathe, another (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

immerse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cook food, the act of cooking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

net

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tea, coffee

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

steal (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

stopped, be

Speaker: Komla Sisa