Gutob English

proud be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

does, will not know

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take rest (vb.), sit for rest

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[there go=pl] ‘go over there!’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

trail

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

in spite of

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Brahmin (male)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pollute

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Drunk get

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wash someone

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Crouch (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

inner part of an ant hill

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ball

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hole in the earth for pounding

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

python

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

timid, fearful

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

witch doctor

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kind be

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

regret

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fried rice

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

heavy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stool

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig big neg=cop=pst.i=cncssv/causal I buy=pst.ii aux-pst.ii] ‘although the pig is not big, I bought it’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj neg=bite=pst.ii] ‘the pigs will not have bitten us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

chick

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Drowsy

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sifter

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Blow (wind) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

school

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Morning gruel

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman=pl neg=push=pl] ‘the women won’t push’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

cool (adj.) (temperature)

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

hairy fig (ficus hispida)

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

salty, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

liquor shop

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Draft

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Earthen pot of the biggest size

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Blind person

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

strained out water from boiled rice

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Affectionate

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[man rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man didn’t eat’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man=pl sleep=pst.i neg=aux=pl] ‘the men had not slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Abuse each other

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj=we both=obj rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘he had not seen us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both rdpl~drunk-gen person] ‘they two are drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both go-pst.i neg-aux=pl] ‘they2 will have not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hospital

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mahamansal snake

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

throw at each other (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Collect at one place, assemble (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

return back

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sister, elder

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

police inspector

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we die=pst.i=1pl] ‘we die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we sleep=pst.i aux=pst.1=1pl] ‘we had slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

shoot with a gun (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

summer

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Engross

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I more+time neg=wait=1] ‘I am no longer waiting’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I sleep=pst.i=1 aux=npst] ‘I have slept’

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 go=pst.i=1 and I=gen bow obj-3pron give=pst.ii=1] ‘I went and gave him my bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you and I go.mod/imp=1pl] ‘you+I will go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

storming

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Adolescent (male)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

do skilled labor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spilled, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

spider

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you.pl obj-we fear=fut=2pl] ‘you will have been scared of us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Birds mouth

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tobacco

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

proof

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

swimming

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ribbon

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Caretaker

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Back up, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

garden

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

happy

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Quiet, be

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

(red) kamala, kumkum (Mallotus philippensis)

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

wood apple tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

every day

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tighten (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

balance

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Companion

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

starch

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

beauty is visible

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

purpose, for the, of

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make crooked legged (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hop on one leg (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

meaning

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[go=pst.i=gen year=abl] ‘from last year’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

undressed

Speaker: Komla Sisa

lie down (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bachelor

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Box of matches

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[see man-obj I see=pst.ii=1 dem.dist man-obj see=pst.ii obj-I give.imp] ‘The man who saw you yesterday told me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Give greetings

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

thatched house

Speaker: Kamla Sisa