Gutob English

[many.times dem.prox story rdpl~tell=obj obj-you I prtcl think=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I have thought to tell you this story many times before’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

not drink or eat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

full moon

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

son-in-law

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

powerful

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Fishing stick

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

big brained, smart

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

snake

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kill

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

return quickly, has to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

left

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[see.exprssv.rdpl lv-mod-pl] ‘Look at each other’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Feel to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

remind (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cut down a hill forest for burning cultivation (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rangers, a forest officer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

do more

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Boatman

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Awning of

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scabbies

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[pig big-adj] ‘the pig is big’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Goat shed

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Gorsi fish

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

go

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mushroom

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

two pieces of stone used for grinding turmeric etc.

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tree called in Desia katakoli, Zizphus rugosa

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Butcher

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

worm, earth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

quarrel

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hoof

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man-pl obj-you yet rdpl~see=pl aux=npst] ‘the men were still looking at you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet rdpl~drunk neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘he wasn’t drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we yet see=pst.ii neg.cop] ‘he does not see us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-you tell=pst.ii aux=npst] ‘she has told you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both go=pst.i=pl neg.cop] ‘they two haven’t gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

him, for

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

obey his word

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

morning before yesterday

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

remember (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

son, eldest

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

open eye (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we fall=pst.i=1pl] ‘we fell down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

king cobra

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we neg=go.mod=1pl] ‘we won’t go’’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fat (n)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I woman=abl dem.prox basket take=pst.i=1] ‘I took the basket from the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I all person-obj dem.prox=gen now neg=give=1] ‘I will not give it to everyone yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj push=npst=1] ‘I push the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I market=dir go=pst.i=nfin pig buy=pst.ii=nfin come=fut=1] ‘I went to the market, bought a pig and came back’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you woman=obj rdpl~see=obj want lv=pst.ii=2=prog=q] ‘do you want to see the woman?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj-I see/look.at] ‘look at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

need

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[obj-you cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you won’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you.pl cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘you don’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

show

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leaf pipe, cigar, biri

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leaf plate, plate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

boy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

prepare pan

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Divide Separate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl yet cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl where cop=npst] ‘where are you?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you were not pushing me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person obj-I push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t push me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person obj-I see=pl] ‘you all see me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

break (vt)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tobacco

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

star

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Disagree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

opened, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thatching grass, straw

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sister in law

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cheap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wood apple tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sword

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweet

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one who speaks

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wooden house

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

prepare

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

slip(pery)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

dried mango leaf

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

night blind

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Disappear

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

illegitimate child, orphan

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

where

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

winnower

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Complicated

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

rain

Speaker: Komla Sisa

spatter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

butter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

talisman, amulet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

go to sleep

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Clean cooking vessels

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hearth, cooking pit, fire

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Police Station

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

saved, be (vb.), alive

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

swallow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prepared without salt (food)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa