Gutob English

see, look at him, her! (imperative form)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sister of husband

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[now=abl I pig neg=kill=1] ‘I do not kill the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Another

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sigh

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cake of mango juice

Speaker: Komla Sisa

frightened girl

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

brain

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

need (v)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

two and half

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eleven

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

hither, thither

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hot

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

chicken

Speaker: Komla Sisa

measure in music

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

go!

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

frame, to

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

snarl

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shoulder blade

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grain packed in bundles of straw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

squint

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

liquor shop

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

owl

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[who dem.dist man] ‘who is this man?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

metal pot for cooking rice

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man happy neg.cop] ‘the man is not happy’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I rdpl~die neg.cop=prtcl] ‘he+I weren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I sleep=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘he+I are sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both rdpl~fall=pl neg.cop] ‘they two haven’t fallen’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

his child

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sisters husband

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

throw at each other, sell to one another (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bury a dead body (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rise

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Begin(tr.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Close the fist (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

But

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we yet neg=go.mod=1pl] ‘we won’t go yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we rdpl~die go-1pl/obj desid lv=pst.ii=1pl] ‘we want to die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

us, for

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wash hair

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Father’s younger brother’s wife

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[I neg=cry=neg.tam=1] ‘I won’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I every.day village=dir go=fut=1] ‘I (will) go to the village every day’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I obj-3pron rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I will not have seen her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj kill=pst.ii-1] ‘I killed the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen=loc three-clssfr pig cop=npst] ‘I have three pigs’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=self look=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I am looking at myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you die=pst.i=2] ‘you are dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you die=pst.i=2 aux=npst] ‘you have died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you why dist.prox:gen do=pst.ii=2] ‘why did you do that?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I yet cry=1pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you+I weren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Be cloudy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-3pron and obj-I cold neg-lv=neg.tam.3] ‘he+I don’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-we both=obj pig bite=pst.ii] ‘the pigs bit us two yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I see you

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Come off, earring (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[boy sleep neg.cop] ‘the boy is not sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

work

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sinner, sinful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl cry=2pl] ‘you cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both drunk neg.cop] ‘you two aren’t drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we neg=fear=neg.tam=2pl] ‘you have not been scared of us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

question (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

photo

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fifty

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Disapproval, hard words

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cold, fever

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

vegetable

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

finished, be

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

skeleton

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Custard apple

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

flat

Speaker: Komla Sisa

bowl

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

sweet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Friday

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

land, barren

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

offering plate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Grope about

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

high

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj yesterday neg-see=pst.ii=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I did not see the man yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist house=loc three man cop=pst.i=pl] ‘three men were in the house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Clod of earth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

no

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Curtain

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

superficial person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

long

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

inside of something, house, place etc.

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Empty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sleeper

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

joking relation

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

the whole of something

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tool

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

up and down

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

observe

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Be collected in handfuls in basket

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wood apple

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

steal (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa