Gutob English

Have something picked up by another

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Critical

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

chameleon

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

otherwise

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

not fresh

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[yet you man=pl=obj rdpl~see=2 neg.cop] ‘you are not looking at the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

press someone to do something

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Brothel

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Spoiled

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

prostitute

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bark cloak

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

seen by others, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bija tree

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bud, mango flower

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

White Hair

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Barber

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tigress

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stool

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tuft of hair on hens head

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Egg (lit. egg of fowl)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

wheat

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

immortal

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ear of dog

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ink, black

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[branch break=pst.ii neg.cop] ‘the branch will not have broken’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

milk, powdered

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pot, fire

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Crocodile

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

path

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Blind person

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

somebody else’s

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sitting position

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cross (vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

knee

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hospital

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Also

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

yesterday

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

side

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rub off (vb.), erase

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

meeting place

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

nose ring

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

small house

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

not ready to eat, watch (hunger strike)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

adult

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Chief’s wife

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wasp, hornet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bulging eyes

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[we obj=you.pl=pl=obj push=1pl neg.cop] ‘we have not pushed you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Deceitful

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[we yet cry=1pl neg.cop] ‘we aren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we always fish cook=npst=1pl] ‘we always cook fish’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

beautiful

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I dem.prox=gen all person-obj give=pst.ii=1] ‘I gave it to everyone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you tell=pst.ii aux=pst.i=1] ‘I told you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen left foot wash.hand=fut=1] ‘I wash my left foot’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I here cop=npst=1] ‘I am still here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1 there one man sit=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘I saw someone standing/sitting there’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I yet cry=1pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you+I weren’t crying yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I yet drunk neg.cop] ‘you+I aren’t drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I sleep neg.cop] ‘you+I aren’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj-3pron yet rdpl~see=2 neg.cop] ‘you had not seen her yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you dem.dist person-obj know=npst=2=q] ‘do you know that man?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

selves, of

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-we cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘we have not had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Burn (vt.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Adolescent (female)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

in morning

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

reap, cut ripe crops with sickle (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

male peacock

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Embrace(ment)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Dancer, male

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both neg=cry=neg.tam=pl] ‘you two don’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person rdpl~fall=pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl go=gen before one.thing=indef eat=pl] ‘Before you two go, eat something’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

coconut, green

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

married

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bored to be

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

head band, a thick bladed grass

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[happy lv] ‘be happy! (said to one person)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

signature

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

oil seed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sky

Speaker: Komla Sisa

slippery

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist house=loc three man cop=npst=pl] ‘three men are in the house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Come

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

kind of soft broom

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

answer

Speaker: Komla Sisa

lay egg (vb.) (hen)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

winnow (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

long

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Accustomed to be

Speaker: Komla Sisa

tame

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tecoma flower

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

forever

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

rob(bery)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

insert, keep something pressed between (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sixth day

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa