Gutob English

Ginger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

roll

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yet I pig rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I was not looking at the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

threshing floor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

house with many rooms

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

gadfly/ gnat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

punish by beating

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pond

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Buffalo shed

Speaker: Komla Sisa

security money

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

smoke (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.prox=gen I=gen pig you.pl=gen neg.cop] ‘it is my pig, not yours’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

do like this

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Germinate to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

chicken egg

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

lie on the back (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hook, fishing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sharp

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Crow

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Ditch

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[woman eat=pst.ii=prog] ‘the woman is eating’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman yet pig rdpl~kill neg.cop] ‘the woman isn’t killing the pig yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman yet pig=obj rdpl~kill neg.cop] ‘the woman didn’t kill the pig yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman pig=obj fear aux=pst.i] ‘the woman was scared of the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sad

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Burning

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sharp

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[man branch rdpl~break=pst.i=prog] ‘the man is breaking the branch’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man branch=obj rdpl~break neg.cop] ‘the man will not have broken the branch’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hide

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron yet pig=pl=obj rdpl~see neg=aux=pst.i] ‘she wasn’t looking at the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she wasn’t looking at me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl die=pst.i=2pl aux=npst=pl] ‘they were dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bird species

Speaker: Komla Sisa

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

trail

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Again

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

make another small (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make cross (by another) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rip (tr.vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small basket type

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

rebuke (n), word that is not nice

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

school, high

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Sewer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we both pig] ‘we two don’t see the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I neg-go.mod=1] ‘I won’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=pl=obj see=pst.ii aux=fut=1] ‘I will have seen the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I all person-obj obj=you.pl=pl=obj push=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not pushed you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj rdpl~tell=1 neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘I was not telling the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I water drink=pst.ii=1] ‘I drank water’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scratch by nail

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-you=emph/also cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you too didn’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

trouble, annoyance, hardship

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Apply (for job)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both die=pst.i=2pl aux=npst] ‘you two have died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person go=fut=2pl] ‘you all will go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

arrive

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Animal

Speaker: Komla Sisa

reader

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

East

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

red

Speaker: Komla Sisa

lender’s wife

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

open (itr.vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

joy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pluck flower, gather fruit from the tree (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

jaw, chin, face bone

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Harpoon (vb)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one who goes to school, a school student

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thirsty, make

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Explore

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

dream

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dew

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sour taste

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

weapon handle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Have something dried up by someone else

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wooden necklace

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lightning

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

axe

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

third

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

newly married girl

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

on, above

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

once, one turn in a game. time(s)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

that day

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist man rdpl~die neg.antic] ‘the man hasn’t died yet’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist man where cop=npst] ‘where is the man?’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mud wall

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

illegitimate child, orphan

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Elder sisters husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cease

Speaker: Komla Sisa

dry corn

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

Chicken egg

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[water give.imp] ‘give (me) water’

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

do

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

owner of house

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

telephone

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Drizzle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lip, lower

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lay with string for building

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa