Gutob English

Appealing

Speaker: Komla Sisa

bamboo hook used for straw

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

peep

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fingernail

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Alter

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

bad

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gunpowder

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

throw a stone

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bundle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

strong

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

put load on something

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Astrologer, wise person

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Arm

Speaker: Komla Sisa

impotent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

host

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

increase, grow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

burned

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-I rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs had not bitten me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

goat shed

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

time allotted, known

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stable

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thigh, buttock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Beetle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

smearing of cowdung

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tuber species

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rope

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Chalk

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pestle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

list

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man yet/now rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man has not (yet) eaten’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man branch break=pst.ii=prog] ‘the man was breaking the branch’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man cooked.rice rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man isn’t eating food’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

a person came

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man-pl obj-you yet neg=see=pl] ‘the men will not see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man=emph/indef sweet potato eat=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the man ate the sweet potato’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I fall=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘he+I weren’t falling’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I go-pst.i neg.cop=1pl] ‘he+I weren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we dem.prox=gen yet both=obj rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘he hasn’t given it to us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pray to god (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make cross (by another) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coagulate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leader of group

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I die=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I am dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I wash.water=pst.i=1=prog] ‘I am washing myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I I=gen foot neg-wash.water=1] ‘I didn’t wash my feet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj now=abl see-pst.ii-1 neg.cop] ‘I have not seen them yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you when=indef/emph rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘I never see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go-pst.i=1 neg.cop] ‘I didn’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Darkness

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you and I go neg=aux] ‘you+I weren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Have another’s hand washed by another person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we when=indef cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘we never have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[child=pl man=pl exprssv+rdpl.see rdpl~lv=pl aux=npst] ‘the boys have been looking at the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl go.mod/imp] ‘you go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj yet push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not pushed the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj rdpl~give=2pl neg.cop] ‘you had not given it to the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person drunk=pst.i=gen person] ‘you all are drunk’

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 see=pst.ii=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not seen the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

your two’s

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bitter

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mouth of bird

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cutting board

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

leaf of (cassis) fruit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

herd

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

seven

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

soap

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Graze

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Flower plant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make speak (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

taken to the field to light a cigar)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

house, concrete

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

valley

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tasty

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweeten

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

new

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[three=clssfr big-adj black pig] ‘3 big black pigs’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

salutation (by raising hand or touching feet)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

heat (v)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist boy sleep=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘the boy was asleep’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Elder sisters husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Fly (n)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Candy, sugar

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rain

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pass through hole

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hearth, cooking pit, fire

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

summer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

garden lizard

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

life, soul, jir

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lizard

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tumble down to the ground

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Driver

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tong

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa