Gutob English

sir

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Calf of cow

Speaker: Komla 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

Ball

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ripen (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

immersion

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stand, incense

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Day, second

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

burning, be

Speaker: Komla Sisa

pig

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cultivate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

story

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[branch one break=pst.i(-go)=pst.i] ‘the branch breaks’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

snarl

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bug

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Bargain

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hesitate

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[man=pl rdpl~drunk neg.cop] ‘the men will not have been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both now-abl drunk rdpl~lv=pl neg.cop] ‘they two weren’t drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both neg.antic=fall=pst.i=pl] ‘they two don’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl sleep neg.cop=pl] ‘they haven’t slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

they

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Burn something (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Curry

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

understand

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

metal bangle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make another small (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

close (eyes) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

begin

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wear a turban (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Hammer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pillow

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[we pig=obj kill=npst=1pl] ‘we will kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bluff

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I woman=obj pig give=pst.ii=1] ‘I gave the pig to the woman’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I neg.antic-sleep=neg.tam] ‘I don’t sleep’

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 know-pst.ii aux=npst=1 dem.dist man=obj rdpl~see=2 neg.cop] ‘I know that you did not see the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash self

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Darkness

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

genitive

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

dusk

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you.pl both=obj cold lv=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘you two had had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

remove (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dancer, female

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Orda tree

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Feed

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Apply (for job)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet fall=pst.i=2pl neg.cop] ‘you will have not fallen down yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl go=fut] ‘you will go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person yet obj-I rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all will not see me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you all person obj-I yet rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t see me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person obj-I rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all are not looking at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chew tobacco

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

broken, be

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bitter

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

squeeze water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

herd

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

grind

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sixty

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mother-in-law

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

whistle (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Every

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Everything

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

horse cart

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cart, car

Speaker: Komla Sisa

level water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Have Fever

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hop on one leg (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

woodpecker

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

new born child

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heat (v)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj you see=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=mod=nfin obj-I rdpl~say=2 neg.cop] ‘if you see the man, don’t tell me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist person-obj see=pst.ii=2 aux=pst.i=q] ‘had you see the man?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scratch earth (vb.) (fowl)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mouthful

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

remain

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hand Right

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

crab

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Come

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Broom stick

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

no

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nowadays

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

this morning

Speaker: Komla Sisa

spray

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

squirting tube

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Field on the hill

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lean (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

beat slowly

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

talisman, amulet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Attendance register

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cudgel, staff

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

moon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[see man-obj see=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=1 dem.dist man-obj obj-I see=pst.ii give.imp] ‘The man who saw you yesterday told me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

swing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bunch

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cobbler

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hair

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

limestone leaf

Speaker: Kamla Sisa