Gutob English

hidden, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

give him a message (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dacoit

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

first

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Advance

Speaker: Komla Sisa

make take rest (by another);

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

walk

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Coming (time)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Coming (time)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yet 3pron obj=we rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘he wasn’t looking at us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet I pig see=pst.ii neg=aux=pst.i=1] ‘we were not looking at the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Good very

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stone

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Fart (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Barber

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

white

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

two

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

shopkeeper

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

unmovable

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.prox=gen obj=you.pl we give=pst.ii=prog] ‘we gave it to you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Countless

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[pig obj-3pron see=pst.ii aux=pst.i] ‘the pig had seen her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pig

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

toothless person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

knotty hair

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pregnant (animal)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cut

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

thigh, buttock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

yes

Speaker: Komla Sisa

the(ir) giving of wine

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

scratch self

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Expectorate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

paper, sheet of

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hole in the floor of room for pounding

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

potter (male)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

land surveyor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

land lord, owner of field

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man=pl yet woman-obj rdpl~see=pl neg.cop] ‘the men don’t see the women yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet go neg.cop] ‘he isn’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl die=pst.i=pl] ‘they died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bird species

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Affiance

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

traditional cloth

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

maternal grandmother

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

small piece of cloth worn over privates (men), towel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

day

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pickpocket

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

elder sister

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Eyebrow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pillow

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[we neg=sleep=neg.tam-1pl] ‘we won’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj yet rdpl~see=1pl neg.cop] ‘we two didn’t see the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we we see.exprssv.rdpl lv-mod-1pl] ‘we will see each other’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rice, sun dry

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we obj-you.pl see=pst.ii=1pl aux=pst.i] ‘we two will have seen you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Good smell

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I rdpl~drunk neg=aux] ‘I wasn’t drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I die=pst.i=1 neg.cop] ‘I wasn’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I die=pst.i=1 go=pst.i] ‘I died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I stand neg.cop] I am not standing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

nine

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scratch another with a pointed article like, thorn, claw (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘we won’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

know you

Speaker: Komla Sisa

in this direction

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Collect leaf from tree (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trot about

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

woman, young

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Child abductor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

prepare pan

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Literate boy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl yet go=pst.i=2pl neg.cop] ‘you haven’t gone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person rdpl~die=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all haven’t died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all sleep=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

take (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Concealed be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Harpoon (vb)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sing a song (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[tree under we play=1pl cop=npst] ‘We are playing under the tree’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fire

Speaker: Komla Sisa

new

Speaker: Komla Sisa

muskrat (lit. hair of the hand)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

illegitimate child, orphan

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yes dem.dist person-obj I neg-know=1] ‘yes I do know this man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

keep in water

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Accident

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

joke (a form of courtship) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

net

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Collect

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

police

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prepared without salt (food)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cool person (not a loser)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa