Gutob English

Caress, to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Father’s father

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

moonlit night

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[yet obj-we give=pst.ii=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not given it to us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

trail

Speaker: Komla Sisa

make pungent (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

salt, chilly, etc. burn mouth (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sand

Speaker: Komla Sisa

filled, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ripened fruit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Caterpillar

Speaker: Komla Sisa

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Komla Sisa

second day

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

two hundred people

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hang up Suspend

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[last year=abl] ‘from last year’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

heavy benefit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

louse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

recede (vb.) (water)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bleed

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[woman pig=obj fear aux=pst.i] ‘the woman was scared of the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tell a story (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fisherman

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

paddy husk

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lecturer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Carry on shoulder (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

turtle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

who

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wick lamp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Disease of the ear

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron neg-die=pst.i] ‘he isn’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron rdpl~drunk neg.cop] ‘he isn’t drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron pig=pl=obj see=pst.ii] ‘she saw the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron man=pl=obj push aux=npst] ‘she will push the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron man=pl=obj neg=tell] ‘she isn’t telling the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I see=pst.ii aux=npst] ‘she has seen me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both go=pst.i=2pl! aux=pst.i] ‘they two were going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she had not seen me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

him, with

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kneel down

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

metal bangle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

maternal grandmother

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[yesterday see=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=gen man-obj obj-I say] ‘The man who saw you yesterday told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yesterday see=pst.ii=gen man obj-I today say=2] ‘The man who saw yesterday told me today’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

side

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sniff

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Eye

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[we pig=obj rdpl~see=1pl neg.cop] ‘we are not looking at the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we fall=pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘we have fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we eat=pst.ii=1pl=prog] ‘we are eating’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ourselves, by

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cactus

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we look=pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘we are looking’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

intimate friend

Speaker: Komla Sisa

mother, foster

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mother, foster

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I market=dir go=fut=1 pig rdpl~buy=purp] ‘I will go to the market to buy a pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I tomorrow obj-you see=npst=1] ‘I will be able to see you tomorrow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I woman=obj see=pst.ii=nfin I basket give=pst.ii=1] ‘because I saw the woman, I gave her the basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not looking at her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you tomorrow neg-see=1] ‘I won’t see you tomorrow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you.pl=pl=obj when=indef rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I never saw you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen pig] ‘my pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen big pig] ‘my big pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen foot wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I (will) wash my foot’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I don’t see you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I neg=fall=pst.i=1pl] ‘you+I don’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I cry=1pl aux] ‘you+I will have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Collect leaf from tree (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

paramours

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Divide Separate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl all person die=fut=2pl] ‘you all die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person go=pst.i=2pl=prog] ‘y’all were going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

comb (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

language, speaking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Flower plant

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

yeast

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

thirsty, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dish

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

future

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

tied up, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dissolve and make a liquid something

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist village=dir go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i pig rdpl~buy=purp] ‘I went to the village in order to buy a pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fasting

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[hot water] ‘hot water’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

winnow (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Abuse (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

post master

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Curtain

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

meditate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

house

Speaker: Komla Sisa

plucked, be, gathered, be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

police

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sit down

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

press

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ploughing line

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Day sixth

Speaker: Radha Kirsani