Gutob English

Advance

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[neg=fall=neg.tam=1] ‘I don’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[there go=pl] ‘go over there!’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

till now

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hunting period of 1stIndian month

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ones at marriage

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one whose waist is bent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

save

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fill

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

save

Speaker: Komla Sisa

frighten

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Disagree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

second

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

year, this

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig obj-3pron hold=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the pig is biting her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Back (of something)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gorsi fish

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Ditch

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cramp to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[woman hour+hour hold=pst.ii=nfin say=pst.ii say=pst.ii come=pst.i=prog] ‘The woman will continue speaking for an hour’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

green

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Earthworm

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

milk, powdered

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

worm

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

insect

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hut

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Barren/without

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bee

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron dem.prox=gen man=pl=obj rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘she will not have seen the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I yet neg.antic-sleep aux-pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I weren’t sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I cry=pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘he+I have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘he wasn’t telling us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both die=pst.i=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they two were dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both go-pst.i neg-aux=pl] ‘they2 will have not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

the one belonging to this place’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron and I now=abl die=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘he+I will not have died yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

brown

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Alternation

Speaker: Komla Sisa

I mixed the rice

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

paternal uncle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

remember (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

day

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[we we see.exprssv.rdpl lv-1pl] ‘let’s look at each other’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we go=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

good soul, heart

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I every.day village-dir neg-go.imp=1] ‘I will not go to the village every day’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I self neg-wash.hand-neg=1] ‘I am not washing myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I don’t see you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I obj-you woman=obj want lv=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I want to see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I all person-obj rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not telling everyone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj push=1 neg.cop] ‘I had not pushed the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen foot wash.hand=pst.i=1] ‘I washed my feet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen three=clssfr big-adj pig] ‘my 3 big pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~know neg.cop] ‘I don’t know’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wash self

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[when=indef/emph market=dir go=pst.i=mod pig buy] ‘when you go the market, buy a pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

I will help him and he will help me

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we market=dir go=obj give.imp=1pl] ‘let’s go to the market’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Approximate to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

poppy seed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Feed a child

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl] ‘you aren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet=emph/indef obj-we what quot=nfin neg=rdpl~tell=emph neg=aux=pst.i] ‘you had not told us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both yet cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two didn’t cry yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both die-fut] ‘you two died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=pl obj=3pron fear=pst.i=2pl=prog] ‘you are not scared of her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rice morsel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

purchase (v)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

day long work

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Duster

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sign

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fire be extinguished (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cooked rice kept in water from the previous night

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[dem.dist man=obj now=until I rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I do not see the man yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

come

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cease

Speaker: Komla Sisa

fly (v)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

raw dried tobacco

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Crab type

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Goose

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Barren land

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ladder

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

inner part of a house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Awake from sleep, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

run(ning)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pay(ment)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cudgel, staff

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Birth giving

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Field, agricultural land

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

basket

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Father sister’s daughter, wife’s elder brothers wife

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

shrimp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

skin, bark

Speaker: Kamla Sisa