Gutob English

[yes dem.dist person-obj neg-know=1] ‘yes I do know this man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

player

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Be touched

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Enemy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[neg-give.imp] ‘don’t give’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet you.pl go=pst.i neg.cop=2pl] ‘you two aren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Divide (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rape

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Indian hemp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Camp, to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Too much cry

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Go hunt

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

frighten (vb.)

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Fart (n)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

snake catcher

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scare, frighten

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Afternoon

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Burnt

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

heat (v)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-3pron neg=see=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘the pig will not have seen her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

killed, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

killed, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

toy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman eat=pst.ii=prog] ‘the woman is eating’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

they gave wine

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

go

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Black, become (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

lice, louse

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dispute hotly (lit, eat one another)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

keep in leaning position

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Close

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

I am looking near him

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron obj-I fear=pst.i=prog] ‘she was scared of me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron sleep neg.cop] ‘he isn’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

then, after it, that

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

necklace

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Beggar

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fight

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

know

Speaker: Komla Sisa

And (with nouns)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[yesterday see=pst.ii=gen man obj-I say=pst.ii] ‘The man who saw yesterday told me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

type of vegetable

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

only

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[little child] ‘little boy’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small bit of wood

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

eye

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

elder sister

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Bulging eyes

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we die=pst.i=1pl] ‘we died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

jump off (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we you.pl=gen=abl dem.prox=gen take=pst.i=1pl neg=aux=pst.i] ‘we had not taken it from you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen right hand wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I (will) wash my right hand’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=fut=1 and yes woman=obj tell=npst=1] ‘I will go and tell the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I fall=pst.i=1 neg.cop] ‘I haven’t fallen’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj rdpl~see=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was looking at them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~sit neg.cop] ‘I am not sitting’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sister-in-law

Speaker: Komla Sisa

them

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-we cold lv=pst.i aux=npst] ‘we have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you and obj-I cold neg-lv=pst.i] ‘you+I won’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dagger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[boy sleep neg.antic aux-pst.i] ‘the boy had not slept yet’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

work

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl cry-pst.i=2pl] ‘you cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we fear=fut=2pl] ‘you will have been scared of us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person rdpl~die=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all weren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Broken

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nest (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

jackfruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make obeisance

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

west

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

group

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nod

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

take

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cold, fever

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

joy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

salvation

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sneeze

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

house, concrete

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cab, cart

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Companion

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

oilless hair

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stump of tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

plow

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

heat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

come! (calling)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Elder sisters husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

north

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scold (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dawn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

milk (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

possible

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Hang

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

joke, etc

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leech

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

constable

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Careless

Speaker: Komla Sisa

run away

Speaker: Komla Sisa

thief

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa