Gutob English

niece, husband’s sister’s daughter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sack

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

gadfly/ gnat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

others

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

traitor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[where pig cop=npst] ‘where is the pig?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

louse, head

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ripen (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

timid, fearful

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Drowned be

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[basket rdpl~buy=obj woman market=dir go=pst.i] ‘in order to sell the basket, the woman went to the market’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

left

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.prox road=abl you.pl go=pst.i=mod dem.dist village you.pl go=fut] ‘To get to the next village you must take this road’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

do like this

Speaker: Komla Sisa

measure here to there

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Count (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rangers, a forest officer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

snail species

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cooking pot

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dumb man

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Clerk

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

folding

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

thorn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

village thief

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

waist, be bent through disease (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Beetle

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-I pig give-pst.ii] ‘the woman gave the pig to me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

woman

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman laugh neg.cop] ‘the woman is not laughing’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

(shaft of the) arrow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

arrow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chew the cud to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

throat swelling disease

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Embers

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

land rights (lease) document

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man die=pst.i] ‘the man died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man-pl obj-you yet rdpl~see=pl neg.cop] ‘the men didn’t see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron die=pst.i aux=npst] ‘he has died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘he+I were falling down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I go=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘he+I were going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg=go neg=aux=pl] ‘they weren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

he she

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pass the night

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Elder brother

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[we pig=obj kill=pst.ii=1pl] ‘we kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I neg-know=1 how lv=pst.ii=nfin speak=pst.ii=1=prog Gadaba language] ‘I don’t know how to speak Gadaba language’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you dem.prox bow neg-give=1] ‘I am not giving you this bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I market=dir go=pst.i=1=prog pig rdpl~buy=purp] ‘I am going to the market to buy a pig’

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: Kamla Sisa

[you and I fall-aux-1pl neg.cop] ‘you+I didn’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you dem.dist man=pl=obj neg=kill=pst.ii] ‘you do not kill the men!’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

whom

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-I hungry=pst.i=prog] ‘I’m hungry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Show (something)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

female

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lip

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

reverse, invert

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl rdpl~drunk-adj aux=pst.i aux=fut=2pl] ‘you will be drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both rdpl~die=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two don’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person obj-I push aux=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you all pushed me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=gen=abl dem.prox=gen we rdpl~take=1pl neg.cop] ‘we are not taking it from you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Broken axe

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Enter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prime minister

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

comb (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

torn, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cocoon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Color

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

seven hundred

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

meat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

music play, sing song

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Companion

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

issue, order, implement

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

highland for cultivation

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

umbrella

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

three

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wrist

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

line on the palm of hand

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tie a knot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

throw to a height

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

whistle by putting fingers inside the mouth (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist corel old.man story tell=pst.ii obj-3pron you see=pst.ii=2] ‘You saw the man who told me the story’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Become a old man

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nasty, bad

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cook (tr.vb.)

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

justified

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

overseer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ninety

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Flat, pressed

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

keep quiet

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

keep quiet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

shrimp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

beam (v)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

kiss

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pair of spectacles

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa