Gutob English

Cackle (vb.) (hen)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hornpipe

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Coming (time)

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[yet I pig see=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i=1] ‘we were not looking at the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet obj-I you.pl rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you were not looking at me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pickle

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Crooked legged, be (vb.)

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rheumatism

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Expensive

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another

Speaker: Komla Sisa

stone

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sudden

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[here what] ‘what is this?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

embers

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Eat too much

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hungry, very

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig big=neg.cop] ‘the pig is not big’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bear

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sieve

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Thursday

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village

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Dirty

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[woman obj-I] ‘the woman likes me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Engage in work

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

knock on door

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Thresh Paddy

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Daughter-in-law

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

whirlpool

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

milk, powdered

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pot, fire

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trouser

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

measure (field) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make soil muddy after sowing

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

measuring unit for paddy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron and I go=fut=1pl] ‘he+I will go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep neg.cop=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they two weren’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

yesterday

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[one man ground=loc sit=pst.i aux=npst] ‘The man kept sitting on the ground’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cross road (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Elder brother, father’s elder brother’s son (older)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[we go.mod/imp=1pl] ‘we go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we obj=you.pl=pl=obj yet rdpl~see=1pl neg.cop] ‘we have not seen you yet’

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Comfortable, be

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Flourish

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tie to yoke (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I now=abl obj-3pron=pl=obj rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not looking at them yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~drunk-gen=adj] ‘I am drunk’

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[I yesterday obj-you rdpl~see=obj want rdpl~lv aux=pst.i=1] ‘I had to see you yesterday’

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[I obj-you see=pst.ii=1] ‘I saw you’

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[I obj=you.pl=pl=obj all person-obj rdpl~tell neg-aux=pst.i=1] ‘I was not telling you all’

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own, from

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[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-I see-pst.ii] ‘I know that the man saw me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cloud

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I neg-go-pst.i aux=pst.i=1pl] ‘you+I will have not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you dem.dist person-obj know=npst=2=q] ‘do you know that man?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

satellite

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sun set

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

husbands younger sister

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-I story rdpl~tell=obj give.imp] ‘let me tell you the story’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

instruct

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white ant

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woman, young

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man, young

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do skilled labor

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wear a cloth (vb.)

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[you.pl all person sleep=pl neg.cop] ‘you all will not have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Towards you

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broken, be

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Chaprasi, office peon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

December- January

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Sunday

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

meat, flesh

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

true story, word

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[Sonja house=loc cop=npst] ‘Sonja is in the house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cause to hold

Speaker: Komla Sisa

intestine, large

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

help

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sweeten

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

issue, order, implement

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sniff

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

poker (game)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dawn (vb)

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new

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj you see=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=mod=nfin obj-I rdpl~say=2 neg.cop] ‘if you see the man, don’t tell me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Clod of earth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

never

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Dried

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

ladder

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Blade

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long

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweep with soft broom (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pay(ment)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ticket

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

twined

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house lizard

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ploughing line

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not sprinkle

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spread

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