Gutob English

Have another’s face washed by another person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Advance to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Call to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

bamboo hook used for straw

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

take rest (vb.), sit for rest

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

part

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

snout of cow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Chisel

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Crooked, bent

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wash anothers face (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kinds of bird

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Age

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Create

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

kill

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

this (person)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

this much , so much

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj rdpl~see aux=pst.i] ‘the pigs were looking at us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

follow, to, back to back

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Thursday

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

spindle for spinning thread (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Earn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wound

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

frame, to

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

throat swelling disease

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cot leg

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dense

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

road, lonely

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man pig=obj shoot=pst.ii ben=pst.ii bow=ins] ‘the man shot the pig with a bow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tuck

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

garlic

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Bee

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron man=pl=obj kill=pst.ii aux=npst] ‘she had killed the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron fall=pst.i neg.cop] ‘he didn’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘he hasn’t given it to us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I neg=kill] ‘she won’t kill me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-you neg-rdpl~tell aux=pst.i] ‘she wasn’t telling you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl all person go=pst.i=pl aux.3] ‘they all will have gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

milk product

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

from what is known

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

re-prepare, re-do, repeat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash ones own hand (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coagulate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rub off (vb.), erase

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small intestine

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

son, eldest

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

earrings worn outside of ears

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

[we now=abl drunk neg=lv=neg.tam=1pl] ‘we won’t be drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we obj=you.pl=pl=obj push=1pl neg.cop] ‘we have not pushed you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

summer

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I dem.prox=gen obj-3pron=pl=obj give-pst.ii-1 aux-npst] ‘I have given it to them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I story rdpl~say=purp begin=1] ‘I began telling them the story’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj see=npst.i=1] ‘I will see the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you now=abl sleep=pst.i neg=aux=2] ‘you will not have slept yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you woman=obj rdpl~see=obj want lv=pst.ii=2=prog=q] ‘do you want to see the woman?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I sleep neg.cop] ‘you+I aren’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Have another’s mouth washed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘we don’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

make fly (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

son

Speaker: Komla Sisa

thin

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[you.pl neg=fall.aux=2pl] ‘you won’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both cry=2pl neg.cop aux.pst] ‘you two weren’t crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both sleep=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you two weren’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj yet push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not pushed the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I tell=pst.ii=2pl aux=fut] ‘you all will have told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[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

Broken pot

Speaker: Komla Sisa

fruit

Speaker: Komla Sisa

fruit

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

leaf of (cassis) fruit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oath, law

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

question (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Animal

Speaker: Komla Sisa

scratch oneself (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

grind

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Chill

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

garland

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

singer

Speaker: Komla Sisa

silent, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Flavor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

plants

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Canopy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

take down pot from fireplace, bring down (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

throw to a height

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Investigate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tremble

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scarf

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

houses

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Boat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

jute

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

slap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ninety

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

with a flat nose

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Disturbance

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa