Gutob English

pull (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sir

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

uprooted

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Father’s father

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

son-in-law

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[now rain lv=npst.i=prog] ‘it is raining’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet I pig=pl=obj kill=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i=1] ‘I had not killed the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

waste

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

one who speaks too much

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ill

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

other

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

salt

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dependent man

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wise person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Beat to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hood of serpent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Give offering (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

these people

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

eleven

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

heap

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eat too much

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

chick

Speaker: Komla Sisa

alarm sound (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Gorsi fish

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dog

Speaker: Komla Sisa

horse, mare

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman cry neg.cop] ‘the woman has not cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-you yet rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘the woman hasn’t told you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hole in the floor of room for pounding

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Jug

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Corn, kind of

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron neg-go.mod] ‘he doesn’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron man=pl=obj dem.prox=gen neg=give] ‘she didn’t give it to the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron fall=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘he was falling down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I cry aux=pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I were crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron go-pst.i neg.cop] ‘he isn’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both fall=pst.i=pl=prog] ‘they two fall down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron neg sit:neg] ‘he is not sitting’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Affiance

Speaker: Komla Sisa

meaningless talk

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Artiste

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

But

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Father’s mother, mother’s mother

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

heap up at one place (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Brother younger

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Father’s elder brother, mother’s, elder sister’s husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

elder brother

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Grand daughter in law

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ring finger

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ignorant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we neg=die=emph/neg.tam=1pl] ‘we aren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

small measuring basket

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I neg-drink=1] ‘I don’t drink’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I cry=npst=1] ‘I will cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.prox=gen obj=you.pl=pl=obj rdpl~give=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not give it to you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I am well

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist woman-obj market=dir see=pst.ii=1 obj-I rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘although I saw the woman at the market, she did not see me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen mother] ‘my mother’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen three=clssfr dog] ‘my three dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~know neg.cop] ‘I don’t know’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ninth day

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you cry] ‘you cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

you must put to sleep (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[obj-you.pl both=obj cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘you two won’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

suspended (from event, institution)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

foot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

reverse, invert

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person fall=pst.i=2pl] ‘you all fell down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj see=pst.ii=2pl aux=npst] ‘you were looking at the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl see=2pl] ‘look at yourself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

swim

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

old, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nod

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

order (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Powerful

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Catch

Speaker: Komla Sisa

one who is short

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Belly be full after eating

Speaker: Komla Sisa

comb

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

make tired (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Have something tied by another person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist person all day palm wine drink=pst.ii=prog] ‘The man used to drink palm-wine all day (his past habit, not true now)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj see-pst.ii aux=pst.i=mod obj-I say] ‘if you see the man, tell me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

not stand(ing)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

right side leather of a drum

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

old woman who has died being drowned, a drowned person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bath

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sound from water

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wooden beam supporting the roof of the hut

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

owner (male)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Boat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

for sleeping

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lizards

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prepared without salt (food)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

root

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

root, end portion

Speaker: Kamla Sisa