Gutob English

inside

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[neg-come.imp and prtcl woman=obj basket=pp neg-tell] ‘don’t come and tell the woman about the basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

razor-cut

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

son-in-law

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[yet obj-I you.pl rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you were not looking at me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

labor, forced

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rotten

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Camp, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

vomit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tomato

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

late afternoon

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Have someone tumbled down by another

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kinds of brass bangle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hill gram

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

judge

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

picnic

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bean

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[very good] ‘very good’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

shop

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

these people, of

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

here

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

here (gen), akna ’of this place’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig obj-we bite=npst] ‘the pigs will bite us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

swallow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cock crowing time

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Behind

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

horse, mare

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

toy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

drink liquor

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cold (water)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[how.many man dem.prox dem.prox village=loc cop=npst=pl] ‘How many people live in this village?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Date palm

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Berry

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

neck

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

shave

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[who obj-you.pl tell=pst.ii] ‘who told youʔ’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

trouser

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kick (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Extinguish (fire)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Bones, skeleton

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

place where there is a person, or place a person has

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron neg=fall=neg.tam3] ‘he doesn’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron pig=pl=obj rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she isn’t looking at the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘he+I were falling down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I go=pst.i aux-pst.i] ‘he+I went’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we yet see=pst.ii neg=aux] ‘he had not seen us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both cry=pst.i=pl] ‘they two cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both die-fut=pl] ‘they two die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both die=pst.i=pl aux=pst.i] ‘they two were dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lay upon (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

from him, her, it

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lord

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

anything

Speaker: Komla Sisa

cause to hold

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

trail

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Artiste

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nose ring

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Grand daughter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Clustered head

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cup

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Close the fist (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

own

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

indoor game

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

jump off (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we yet cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t cried yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pregnancy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fat, be (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[I go=pst.i=1 aux=fut] ‘I will have gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you look=pst.ii come.imp] ‘come look’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-I sleepy neg.cop] ‘I’m not sleepy’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

free something

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

woman, young

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet neg-go.mod=2pl] ‘you won’t go yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl Gadaba language know=npst=2pl=q] ‘do you speak Gadaba language?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we rdpl~see=2pl aux=npst] ‘you are looking at us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rice beer

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

in graveyard

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

spend, spent, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

silent keep

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Actual

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

smear (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Clean

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thread

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

put out fire (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fireplace

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Armlet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

one who walks with eyes looking up (lit. forehead eye)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dumping ground, dunghill

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Excess be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nasty, bad

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

water, soak in

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

keep in water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

do

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ghost

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sit down

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[see man-obj see=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=1 dem.dist man-obj obj-I see=pst.ii give.imp] ‘The man who saw you yesterday told me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

husk (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa