Gutob English

playground

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Brother in law

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[now=emph/indef I obj-you.pl=pl=obj all person-obj rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not telling you all yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bamboo basket

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[yet you.pl pig-obj rdpl~eat=obj neg=give=2pl] ‘you all have not given food to the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Exchange

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Floor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

smelly

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Battery

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kinds of big rat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tease, vex

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

save

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Five day feast when buffalo is sacrificed for this purpose

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cow flea

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pumpkin

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

not needed (a negative expression)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.prox=gen pig] ‘this pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[here how.many pig cop=npst=pl] ‘how many pigs are here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

many things

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-3pron yet rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the pig isn’t eating her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we fear=npst] ‘the pigs will be scared us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj rdpl~see aux=pst.i] ‘the pigs were looking at us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hen nest (see gisiŋ)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

crow

Speaker: Komla Sisa

raven

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kinsmen, relatives from the fathers side

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Child female

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sua rice (boiled)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drink (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Offal, garbage

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bargain

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tongue

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

low platform in the field

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man die=pst.i] ‘the man died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man didn’t eat’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

killer, murderer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man=pl man=pl exprssv+rdpl.hit:pst.ii rdpl~lv=pl neg.cop] ‘the men will not hit each other’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

As

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[3pron and I yet cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘he+I aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I rdpl~drunk aux=pst.i] ‘he+I were drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall =pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘he+I are falling’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj neg=see=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘he does not see us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg.antic-sleep=neg.tam=pl] ‘they don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

raised platform for dancing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Also

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Grand meeting

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

radish

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

head ornament

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

title

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

A good place

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sharpen

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I neg-go.mod=1] ‘I won’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I now=abl cry=1 neg.cop] ‘I wasn’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=obj see=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I see the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj rdpl~tell obj-you tell=pst.ii=1] ‘I made you tell them’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you now=abl rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I had not see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you here why cop=npst=2] ‘why are you here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

luck

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I neg-see-pst.ii/phb] ‘don’t look at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I thirst(y) lv=pst.ii=prog] ‘I’m thirsty’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you cold aux=fut] ‘you have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you.pl both=obj cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you two didn’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

note down

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Approximate to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[boy sleep=pst.i aux=npst=q] ‘is the boy sleeping?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Feed a child

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Almost half

Speaker: Komla Sisa

pigeon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you are not pushing us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pulp of jackfruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

widow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kingfisher

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

illness

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

head band, a thick bladed grass

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

finished, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Flowers, different

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

happy

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Big jump (used in song)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nerves

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

balance

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bullock, young

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

oil man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tired

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

saliva

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[which person obj-I name say=pst.ii obj-3pron see=npst=1] ‘The man who told us his name saw you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[which person obj-we name rdpl~say neg.cop dem.dist man-obj see=pl] ‘The man who didn’t tell us his name saw you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[there obj-I thing=indef visible neg.cop] ‘I did not see anything there’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

no

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[no dem.dist person-obj neg-know=1] ‘no, I do not know that man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rupee

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fill water (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Field on the hill

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Great round snake

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

homeless

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wipe off (own) sweat (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

swing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lay with string for building

Speaker: Kamla Sisa