Gutob English

contract

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

house, rented

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

late

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

platform, wedding

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

forest land

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Crane(bird)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ape

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Address

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Coconut, ripe

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tooth brushing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

husband’s younger brother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Article

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[two=clssfr dog] ‘two dogs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Traditional Greeting to Sister

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Count (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

goat shed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

spleen

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Broken rice

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman laugh neg.cop] ‘the woman is not laughing’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

one who eats much

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wound

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Butcher

Speaker: Komla Sisa

koksa fish

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

goitre

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Elbow bone

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tickle (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Back of neck

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pungent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

June-July

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Close

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man-pl obj-you see=pst.ii=pl] ‘the men saw you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron cry aux=pst.i] ‘she will have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron sleep=pst.i aux=npst] ‘he is sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl rdpl~die=2pl neg.cop] ‘they weren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tear something

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

understand

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

younger brother

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

one anna

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tilt

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rub off (vb.), erase

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small bit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we yet go=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t gone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we cry-pst.i=1pl aux-pst.i] ‘we were crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we sleep=1pl neg.cop] ‘we don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

soft hearted person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I neg=cry=neg.tam=1] ‘I won’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I market=dir go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I had to go to the market’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1] ‘I know’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I self rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I’m not looking at myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you see=npst=1] ‘I will see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I all person-obj rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not telling everyone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen pp three=clssfr pig cop=pst.i] ‘I used to have three pigs’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I every.day wash.hand=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I wash myself every day’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nine

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I rdpl~drunk neg.cop] ‘you+I haven’t been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I rdpl~drunk neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you+I weren’t drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj=3pron fear=pst.i=2=prog] ‘you are scared of her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sister-in-law

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[obj-3pron=pl=obj cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘they don’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-we basket give.imp] ‘give us the basket! (said to two or more people)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hand scythe

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

slice with knife

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seduce, sing holding the finger of a girl (a form of courtship) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Border (in clothes)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl neg=fall=pst.i=pl] ‘you don’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet neg.antic-sleep=pst.i aux=pst.i=2pl] ‘you didn’t sleep yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl cry-pst.i=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘you were crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I yet rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you didn’t see me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I rdpl~give=2pl neg.cop] ‘you are not giving it to me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj neg=see=2pl] ‘you will not see the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you do not see the woman yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

verandah

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Animals coition

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cause to bring

Speaker: Komla Sisa

orchard

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Buy

Speaker: Komla Sisa

most people

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Eating & drinking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

massage oil (on another) (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sit cross-legged (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dishes and such

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

prepared person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grasp (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Blow with hand

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dumping ground, dunghill

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

oil made from earth

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Elope, marry (of girls) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

come! (calling)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

from there

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

staff, cudgel

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Black pismire

Speaker: Komla Sisa

set tightly

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

observe

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tea

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prepared without salt (food)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

straight hair

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

temporary house

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa