Gutob English

yawn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pull

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yet obj-3pron fear neg.cop] ‘you were not scared of her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Brinjal

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Camp, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Inspect the bungalow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rheumatism

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

another

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sell (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kinds of mouse

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kind of worm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heads or tails

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hole in the earth for pounding

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

weeping

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Elder brothers wife (a joke relation)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Bundle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rolled, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Apostate

Speaker: Komla Sisa

weak

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

smoke (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tied tight, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Germinate to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tube for blowing fire with the mouth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

toothless

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Chin, snout

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sword

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

paddy, bundle of

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

shortage

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

karanji tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

road

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

talk, soft

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

near, directions

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

near, directions

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man yet/now rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man has not (yet) eaten’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man cooked.rice rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man isn’t eating food’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

a person came

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man=pl sleep=pst.i=3pl aux=pst.i] ‘the men had slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

load

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hidden

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[3pron pig=pl=obj see=npst] ‘she will see the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I die=fut=1pl] ‘he+I die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I go-pst.i neg-aux=pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I had not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we tell=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘he will have told us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

what

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Gravy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pond, small

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make cross (by another) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

throw at each other (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

big

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

we two are brothers

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

we two are maternal uncle and nephew

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shin of leg

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Deceive (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cheating

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Entrap to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[we yet go=1pl neg.cop] ‘we didn’t go yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

good

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[I drunk=pst.i aux=fut] ‘I will have been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I woman-obj story rdpl~tell=obj begin rdpl~lv=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not begin to tell the story to the women

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I every.day wash.hand=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I wash myself every day’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I self see=npst=1] ‘I will look at myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

my cooked rice kept in water from the previous night is good

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig-obj see=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I (can) see the pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I fall=mod=1pl] ‘you+I fall down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-we both=obj yet pig rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs are not biting us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

storm, wind

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

female cat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Become a young woman

Speaker: Komla Sisa

throw, drop (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

have right, possession

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet obj-we both=obj rdpl~tell=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all have not told us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both go=pst.i=2pl aux=npst] ‘you two have gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

swimming

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

torn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kingfisher

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nettle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dare

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salvation

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suck (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

palm leaf headband for woman

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Clean Hands

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[come.imp and you=gen bow obj-I give.imp] ‘Come and give me your bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

topsy-turvy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

old (person)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rejected

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Guard (village)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

beard

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Goose

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

gain, enhance

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

hill, high

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

devil

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

put to sleep (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bamboo carrier

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

snail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wipe off anothers sweat (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tool

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Abide by, observe to

Speaker: Komla Sisa