Gutob English

Collector

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take rest (vb.), sit for rest

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rise, appear as of sun, (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Auction

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

unmarried young man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

forest

Speaker: Komla Sisa

head, cluster in

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

of which place, from where, from somewhere

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Address

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hidden, be

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sister! (addressed by another sister)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ten rupee (coin or note)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

humble person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[sad neg=lv=imp=pl] ‘don’t be sad! (said to two or more people)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

twenty-one

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[here how.many pig cop=npst=pl] ‘how many pigs are here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

host

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig obj-3pron rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the pig didn’t eat her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gnaw

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Animal offering

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Doze (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sua corn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

how much, how many, how, as much as, as many as, some

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bed

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rinse, gargle (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

large metal bowl

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

[man=pl woman=obj neg-see =pl] ‘the men don’t see the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Blind in one eye

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

recognized, I

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[3pron now=abl cry neg.cop] ‘he isn’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I neg=go=pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I didn’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we tell=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘he will have told us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we see=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘he sees us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both cry=pl neg.cop] ‘they two haven’t cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

make another person or thing big (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small bit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Kept in mind

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Eave

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

one day, once upon a time

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

village head

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[we now=abl drunk rdpl~lv=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we cry=1pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘we weren’t crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we rdpl~eat=obj pig=pl=obj both rdpl~give=1pl neg.cop] ‘we two were not giving food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Due to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

primary clan

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wife of father’s brother

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I market=dir pig rdpl~buy=purp neg-go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I did not go the market to buy a pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I yet go-pst.i=1 neg.cop] ‘I haven’t gone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you rdpl~see=obj want rdpl~lv=1 neg.cop] ‘I do not want to see you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I come=fut and woman=obj basket=pp tell=npst=1] ‘I will come and tell the woman about the basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen=loc three=clssfr pig neg.cop] ‘I don’t have three pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=fut=1 and I=gen bow obj-3pron give=npst=1] ‘I will go and give him my bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-you see-pst.ii aux=npst] ‘I know that the man saw you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I every.day village=dir go=npst.i=1 aux-npst] ‘I went to the village every day’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pass the night

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thou, you

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you pig buy=pst.ii=gen after here come.imp] ‘after you buy the pig, come back here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you obj-I tell=pst.ii aux=pst.ii=2] ‘you told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

net

Speaker: Komla Sisa

to him

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we tell] ‘tell us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dancer, female

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

watch

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

do work

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Big wooden device for husking

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both die=pst.i=2pl neg.cop] ‘you2 have not died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj kill=pst.ii aux=fut=2pl] ‘you will have killed the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we all both=obj dem.prox=gen give=npst=2pl] ‘you all will give it to us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person rdpl~fall=pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj push=2pl=pl] ‘you push the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=gen bow rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘didn’t give you the bow’ ‘doesn’t give your bow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=emph/also yet drunk neg=aux=pst.i=2pl] ‘you all had not been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

stone of a fruit

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

dagger

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Drown one another (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wear flowers (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mother-in-law

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Buy

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hold

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

stout

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pronunciation

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Day thirteen

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Clean Hands

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tie a knot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lip upper

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

on, above

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

open mouth (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Crab

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

watery

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[tall man cooked.rice eat=pst.ii=prog] ‘the tall man is eating (food)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lodge

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[Greeting Greeting] ‘good morning’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

husked, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

six

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Day sixth

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sledge

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

silent

Speaker: Kamla Sisa