Gutob English

plucked, be, gathered, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

there, of there

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

restricted

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tear (n)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

henceforth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

twelve

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bila tree

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Eve of a roof

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

beat

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

white hair

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Go away

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.prox:gen=pl I=gen three=clssfr big-adj black pig] ‘these 3 big black pigs of mine’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

multitude, many things

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[pig yet obj-we neg=fear=prtcl] ‘the pigs will not be scared of us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar 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: Kamla Sisa

killed, be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Lips

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ash(es)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[woman cry aux=pst.i] ‘the woman had cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-I yet rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘the woman hasn’t told me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

work, engage in

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

spread

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

worm, earth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

quarrel (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

injured

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fate

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Fall

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

turtle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

table

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[man pig=obj shoot=pst.ii ben=pst.ii bow=ins] ‘the man shot the pig with a bow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron neg-cry aux] ‘she will not have cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I drunk=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘he+I have been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I neg.antic=fall=pst.i=1pl] ‘he+I won’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gravy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Father’s mother, mother’s mother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make swell (by another) (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

meet, get (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

male calf of cow

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

seed of Mahua

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

remain

Speaker: Komla Sisa

not ready to eat, watch (hunger strike)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Faint (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

leaf big

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Alternate

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Beginning, from the

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[we neg=cry=pst.i=1pl=prog] ‘we aren’t crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we now=abl drunk neg=aux=pst.i=1pl] ‘we were’nt drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we yet go=1pl neg.cop] ‘we didn’t go yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

good person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I rdpl~drunk=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I woman-obj story rdpl~tell=obj begin lv=pst.ii=1] ‘I began to tell the story to the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I story rdpl~say=purp begin=1] ‘I began telling them the story’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I and my wife’s younger brother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I every.day neg-bathe-neg.tam] ‘I do not wash myself every day’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron=pl=obj now=abl see-pst.ii-1 neg.cop] ‘I have not seen them yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-3pron rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I have not seen her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you dem.prox bow neg-give=1] ‘I will not give you this bow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen father] ‘my father’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

my land

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I rdpl~know neg.cop=1 dem.dist person obj-you see-pst.i aux-npst] ‘I don’t know that that man saw you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar 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 yet cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘you+I aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dusk

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Be evening

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[obj=who I story tell=pst.ii ben=pst.ii obj-3pron I rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not see the man who I told the story to’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Give in charge, give in marriage, dedicate

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[obj-I market=dir go=obj give.imp] ‘let me go to the market’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist=gen you.pl=gen father 3pron=gen word rdpl~hold good] ‘because he is your father, you must obey him’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I see=npst=2pl] ‘you will see me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person obj-we both=obj fear=pst.i=2pl=prog] ‘you all are not scared of us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

flute

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Store mandeya Corn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make speak (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sing a song (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

skotri deer, four horned antelope

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Every

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[all person-obj I tell=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I am telling every one’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

thread

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

umbrella

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

thirty

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wash hands

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Have earth dug by another

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Burning sensation in mouth

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Easy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

yes

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Doctor

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

keep in water

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

wing

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Drummer

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ghost

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[sleep=gen before 3pron walk=fut] ‘they two walk before sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

cook food, the act of cooking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sweat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

roll down (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bale out water (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa