Gutob English

Exchange

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Spoiled

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

intoxicated

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Age

Speaker: Komla Sisa

ripened fruit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[short man] ‘short man’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[here what see=pst.ii=2 aux=pst.i=q] ‘what did you see here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[here rain rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘it was not raining’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig here cop=npst] ‘the pig is here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cowherd man

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

sharp (point of knife)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman pig=obj kill=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the woman kills the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cultivate

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

pen, pencil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

place of paddy plants

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kadam tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

shatter (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

talk, soft

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

land

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

shameless

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Corn

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

jealous person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man cooked.rice rdpl~eat neg.cop] ‘the man isn’t eating food’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

nectar

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[3pron go-pst.i neg=aux] ‘he wasn’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg.antic-sleep=neg.tam=pl] ‘they don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

obey (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Burn something (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

to do something

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wife’s younger brother’s wife

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[yesterday dem.dist man-obj I see-pst.ii=1] ‘I saw the man yesterday’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Woman blind in one eye

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

meeting place

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

eye

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

where, to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Father’s elder brother’s wife

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Center

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gather (itr.vb.)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tuft of hair on peacocks head

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj rdpl~kill=1pl neg.cop] ‘we don’t kill the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pushing each other

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I dem.prox=gen dem.dist man=obj rdpl~give=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not giving it to the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bathe, oneself (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-you see-pst.ii aux=npst] ‘I know that the man saw you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

I and my wife’s younger brother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I I=gen foot neg-wash.water=1] ‘I didn’t wash my feet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I I=gen hand wash.water=fut=1] ‘I (will) wash my hands’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I know=npst=1 dem.dist man obj-you see-pst.ii aux=npst] ‘I know that the man saw you’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1 cncssv/causal rdpl~say neg.cop=1] ‘although I saw the man, I did not tell him’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ninth day

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[you drunk neg=lv=neg.tam=2] ‘you won’t be drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you sleep-mod/imp] ‘you sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I basket give.imp] ‘give me the basket! (said to one person)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I pig rdpl~see=obj desid] ‘I want to see the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I thirst(y) lv=pst.ii=prog] ‘I’m thirsty’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj=you.pl all person=obj cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Aha!

Speaker: Komla Sisa

paramours

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

offend

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

reap with sickle, (vb.) trap (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

son

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

prepare pan

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

spider

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thin

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[you.pl yet neg-go.mod=pl] ‘you aren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet obj-we rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you are not looking at us yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both die=pst.i go=fut=2pl] ‘you2 will have died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl neg.antic-sleep=neg.tam] ‘you don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we both=obj push aux=pst.ii=pl] ‘you all had pushed us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-I see=pst.ii=2pl aux=fut] ‘you will have seen me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person go=pst.i=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘y’all had gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl=gen=abl dem.prox=gen we rdpl~take=1pl neg.cop] ‘we don’t take it from you two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

press oil

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fruit

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

later

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Doll

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

husband

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

red ant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

unlock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Flower

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

hold

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hold, catch, buy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

say

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

spin thread with a gunurak (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wood

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dish

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

light (adj.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

highland

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[there many people cop=npst=pl rdpl~come neg.cop] ‘there were many people who did not come’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

form a whirlpool (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Great round snake

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stay (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cooked

Speaker: Komla Sisa

run

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sweat, drench in

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

soul

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Drizzle

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

light fire with match (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

up and down

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa