Gutob English

Drive away to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Father’s father

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

numb, be (vb.) (leg)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hunt

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Black ant

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Ceiling

Speaker: Komla Sisa

brother

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Elder brothers wife (a joke relation)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Underwear

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

many things

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Burnt be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tuber called in Desia Bãriyã kãndã

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

foul smell

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

poor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

warm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sharp (point of knife)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rinse

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Circular piece

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman laugh=pst.i=prog] ‘the woman is laughing’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Store Corn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[branch neg-break=neg.tam] ‘the branch will not break’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Place to Store Corn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

insect

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Basket, big bamboo

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

who

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Giddy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man yet drunk lv=pst.ii neg=aux] ‘the men will not have been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

load

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fall

Speaker: Komla Sisa

push (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

laugh

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I see=pst.ii=prog] ‘she sees me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

praise

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

second

Speaker: Komla Sisa

kid (female), little

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

like

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

not ready to eat, watch (hunger strike)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dead body

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

big person

Speaker: Komla Sisa

stop another (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

main (back) bone

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fish called in Desia Magur

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

son’s daughter,

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sharpening tool

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I cry=pst.i=1] ‘I cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I axe with tree cut=pst.ii=1] ‘I cut this tree with an axe’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I self neg=wash.water=1] ‘I don’t wash myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj see=pst.ii-1 aux=npst] ‘I am looking at them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj rdpl~tell obj-you tell=pst.ii=1] ‘I made you tell them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Darkness

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[you here why cop=npst=2] ‘why are you here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you drunk rdpl~lv=2 neg.cop] ‘you haven’t been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Coir

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Chase one another (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘we didn’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

selves, to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-I thirst(y) pp neg.cop] ‘I am not thirsty’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leaf, tree and

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[boy sleep=pst.i aux=npst=q] ‘was the boy sleeping?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

poke

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl both neg=die=emph/neg.tam=2pl] ‘you two won’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj kill=pst.ii aux=fut=2pl] ‘you will have killed the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all obj-I rdpl~tell=2pl neg.cop aux=npst] ‘you all will not have told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

break (vt)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

roof of a hut

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Chaff, husk of rice, bran

Speaker: Komla Sisa

scratch oneself (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kingfisher

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tin

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

finished, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

medicine

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

skotri deer, four horned antelope

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

roar (of lion)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Actual

Speaker: Komla Sisa

thread and needle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lightning

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

light (n.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Armlet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

heat (v)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[which person you=gen name rdpl~say neg.cop obj-3pron see=pl] ‘The man I did not tell your name to saw me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

today, now

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

egg

Speaker: Komla Sisa

waterpot, pitcher with water in it

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

swim in water (vb.) (fish)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ladder

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

house

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

silver bangle type

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Mother’s brother’s wife

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fumble, to

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[corel man die=pst.i neg.cop obj-3pron I see=pst.ii=1] ‘I saw the man who did not die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[greeting] ‘thank you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

observe

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lane, narrow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

forty

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scratch (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

short

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

skin, bark

Speaker: Kamla Sisa