Gutob English

play

Speaker: Komla Sisa

jealous be

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[neg=run] ‘don’t run! (said to one person)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

market, at the

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Change to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Change

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Sister’s son, wife’s brothers son

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

young

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[tomorrow I market=loc go-obj want lv=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I will want to go to the market tomorrow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

wound another (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

different

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

saved, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

find

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

she buffalo

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hit

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mother’s father

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sorrow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

bowstring

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dhowra tree

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

incense

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

smoke (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.prox=gen pig] ‘this pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[here hospital cop=npst=q] ‘Is there a hospital nearby?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we both=obj rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘the pigs were not looking at us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tattoo (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hew

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bear

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Clerk

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

scale of fish

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

boil

Speaker: Komla Sisa

wife, woman

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman yet pig=obj neg=kill] ‘the woman won’t kill the pig yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-you rdpl~see aux=pst.i] ‘the woman was looking at you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

one who eats much

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

salty, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mucus expectorate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

revolve

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hut

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Cottage

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sharp

Speaker: Komla Sisa

siyari tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

road, lonely

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fire inside the guest house

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[man=pl go-pst.i=pl aux=pst.i] ‘the men had gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet neg.antic-sleep=pst.i aux.pst.i] ‘he wasn’t sleeping yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron man=pl=obj dem.prox=gen neg=give] ‘she didn’t give it to the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-I push aux=npst] ‘she pushes me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both rdpl~die=pl neg.cop] ‘they two didn’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=pl neg.cop] ‘they two don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl sleep=fut=pl] ‘they sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

that one, he

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

string together

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small fish species

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Eldest brother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

elder sister

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sister, elder

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Big, be, grow

Speaker: Komla Sisa

impotent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we yet pig=obj neg=kill=1pl] ‘we will not kill the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj yet neg=kill=1pl] ‘we will not kill the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

soft, tender

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I I=gen hand neg=wash.water=1] ‘I don’t wash my hands’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I here cop=npst=1] ‘I am still living here’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

selves, of

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Why do you talk like this to me?

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[obj-you.pl both=obj cold rdpl~lv neg.cop] ‘you two didn’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj=you.pl all person=obj cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘you all don’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

roar, bark, shout, cry

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bride

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

operation, working

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

contract labor

negligence, neglect

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ancestor spirit

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Caretaker

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

rich person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hold, catch, buy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eat

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

ocean, sea

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

land of forest

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sour, be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sweet

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Faggot

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

loin cloth worn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tie a knot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

orphaned

Speaker: Komla Sisa

those

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

topsy-turvy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pull

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rich man, money lender, trader

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Apply mud on mud wall (vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

water hole

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

mat, bamboo

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

twined

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

illegal man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Undigested

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

spear

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

keep quiet!

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Abide by, observe to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa