Gutob English

potato

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

enter

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Father’s swear

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

relatives on the fathers side

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rice, unpolished

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Enemy

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

penis

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Divide (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rheumatism

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

poison

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

white ant hill

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Danger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ball game

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

weave (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pierce

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Day tenth

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

two days

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

its = pl

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[to.here come.imp] ‘come here!’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fry (vb.) 2

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

High Cost

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Excess heated

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dead

Speaker: Komla Sisa

uncountable

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Claw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rinse

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman obj-I yet push neg.cop] ‘the woman had not pushed me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dirty

Speaker: Komla Sisa

paddy straw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

some

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

jackal

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Decrease

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

shortage

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

frying pan

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[who dem.dist man] ‘who is this man?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

human

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

people

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man branch=obj rdpl~break neg.cop] ‘the man didn’t break the branch ‘

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=pl woman=pl=obj see=pst.ii=pl=prog] ‘the men are looking at the women’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mandeya corn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hen

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg=cry=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they didn’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=pst.i=pl aux=npst] ‘they two have slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

his/her

Speaker: Komla Sisa

prostration before a deity

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

soup of veg & rice

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pick up or take something from a narrow space (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Add

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I mixed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Clarion kind

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

love

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wear a turban (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we both] ‘we two don’t see you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

yoke

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[I yet rdpl~drunk neg.cop] ‘I haven’t been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig kill=pst.ii=1 aux=npst] ‘I have killed the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=fut] ‘I will go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I come=fut and basket=pp woman=obj tell=npst=1] ‘I will come and tell the woman about the basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I still wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I will still wash myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you man=pl=obj see] ‘look at the men!’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I drunk=imp/mod=1pl] ‘you+I will be drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you=gen hand wash.hand] ‘wash your hands! (said to one person)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

storm, wind

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wind (n)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leaf umbrella

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

the other side (of tree stem etc.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

white ant

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

young woman

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

female cat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Betel

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both sleep=pst.i=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘you two were sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rice beer

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

like, love (vb.), elect, select (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

old

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Angry, you are

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ill, become

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

open room for unmarried boys

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

interpreter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

oil, edible

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil, pressing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Tasty or not

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Branch tip of tree

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

farmer

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

three days

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

truck

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist woman=obj you.pl push aux=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you pushed the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist person-obj see=pst.ii=2 aux=pst.i=q] ‘had you see the man?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mouth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

orphaned

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

load

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

village head man

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Elder sisters husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[no boy sleep neg.cop] ‘no, the boy was not sleeping’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ladder

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

give a house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

house deity

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sunlight

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

joke, etc

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lizards

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leader of a dacoit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa