Gutob English

push into

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coarse rice

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[yet we pig neg=see=pst.ii aux=1pl] ‘we two will not have seen the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kind of fish called in Desia Balia

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bucket

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kind of tree locally called. Bami

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hunt

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tool type

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[bridge below river cop=npst] ‘the river is below the bridge’

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[where you.pl cop=npst] ‘where are you?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

find

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wet, become

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White Hair

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Bundle

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hump backed male

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the white thing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

vital situation

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[dem.prox:gen three=clssfr big-adj black pig] ‘these 3 big black pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Compelled

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Burn (vi.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj bite=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the pigs have bitten us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj bite=pst.ii aux=pst.i] ‘the pigs had bitten us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-I tomorrow! bite=pst.ii aux=pst.i] ‘the pigs bit me yesterday’

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[pig obj-I rdpl~bite aux=npst] ‘the pigs are biting at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pulse

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for, for the sake of

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

woman

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sword

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moon, crescent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hut in the threshing floor

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paddy stalk

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hung, be (as an axe on the shoulder) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Not Half Not Full

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taste, astringent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

neck tie

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fatigue

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heavy loss

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close

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[man-pl obj-you see=pst.ii aux=fut=pl] ‘the men will have seen you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nectar

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[3pron neg-go.mod] ‘he doesn’t go’

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[3pron obj-you see=pst.ii=prog] ‘she is looking at you’

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[3pron=pl cry=pst.i=pl=prog] ‘they have cried’

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[3pron=pl both go=pst.i=pl aux=npst] ‘they two are going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron say=pst.ii] ‘he said it’

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

him, with

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

maternal uncle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

fold

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meaningless talk

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Burn something (vb.)

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cause to hold

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

what, whatsoever, any,, something, nothing, what for

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dance ground

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[yesterday] ‘yesterday’

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small fish species

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

adult

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elder brother

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Eldest brother

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Big earthen pot

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Castrated bull

Speaker: Komla Sisa

peacock

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[I child=gen foot neg=wash=water=1] ‘I will not wash the baby’s foot’

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I story rdpl~say=purp begin=1] ‘I began telling them the story’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I know=pst.ii=1 aux=npst dem.dist man-obj you see=pst.ii aux=fut=2] ‘I know that you will see the man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you neg=die=neg.tam=2] ‘you didn’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you pig buy=pst.ii=gen after here come.imp] ‘after you buy the pig, come back here’

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[you fall=pst.i aux=pst.ii=2] ‘you will fall down’

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sweet kind

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female animal

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Dancer, female

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[you.pl both go-pst.i neg-aux=pst.i=2pl] ‘you two had not gone’

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[you.pl all person cry aux=pst.i=2pl] ‘you all were crying’

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[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘you didn’t see the woman yet’

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pipal tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

brass plate

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

seed of fruit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Five

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

saint

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

smell (vb.) (flower)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drive a cart (vb)

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horned deer

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Cause to hold

Speaker: Komla Sisa

gourd spoon

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

Have something dried up by someone else

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sit cross-legged (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dawn (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Investigator

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

broom

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Don’t have

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refuse

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nasty, bad

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bath

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deep

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tame

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Birth

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Double

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Card, to

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tie knot, hair, turban etc. (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rob(bery)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa