Gutob English

[(obj-I) pig rdpl~see=obj desire] ‘I want to see the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

see, look at him, her! (imperative form)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pull (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dacoit

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

first

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Caress, to

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Drag to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

impossible

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

knowing, without

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

moon

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Gum

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[now=abl I pig neg=kill=1] ‘I do not kill the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

smell (tr. vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wash someone

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Buffalo, wild

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Brother & sister

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cat, wild

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bra/bodice

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

tip

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

mosquito

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Altar/ platform

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

this side

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Exaggerate

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-3pron neg=see=pst.ii aux=fut] ‘the pig will not have seen her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-we rdpl~bite neg.cop] ‘the pigs are not biting us’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Engrave to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

warm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Die

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[Thursday you.pl market=dir go=pst.i=2pl aux=pst.i] ‘y’all used to go to the market on Thursdays (now y’all go on Fridays)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kinsmen, relatives from the fathers side

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman eat=pst.ii=prog] ‘the woman is eating’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Place to Store Corn

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

river

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

insect

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Go for fighting (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Case metal

Speaker: Komla Sisa

inform

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bitch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

little distance

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Gasp

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

toddy palm

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pot

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Distant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[man die=pst.i] ‘the man died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet rdpl~drunk neg.cop] ‘he isn’t drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron pig=pl=obj rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she wasn’t looking at the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both sleep=pst.i=pl] ‘they two slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

stare

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wash head once

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sow

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

big fish

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

non veg

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

relatives

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we obj-you.pl=pl=obj yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘we two don’t see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

baby

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[I die=pst.i=1 go=pst.i] ‘I died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=fut and I=gen bow obj-3pron give=npst=1] ‘I will go and give him my bow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj=you.pl all person-obj rdpl~tell=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I was telling you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I you.pl=gen father=obj see=pst.ii=nfin you.pl=gen father=obj tell=pst.ii=1] ‘after I saw your father, I told him’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

hope

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I go=pst.i=1 aux=pst.i] ‘I had gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you obj-3pron dem.prox=gen give=neg.tam=2 neg.cop] ‘you will not have given it to her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you=gen name what] ‘what is your name?’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you and obj-I cold lv=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘you+I have had a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Chase (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

female

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dagger

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Apparel

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[you.pl both cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two didn’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig=abl take=tam=2pl] ‘you all take it from the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl dem.dist woman=obj see=pst.ii aux=fut=2pl] ‘you will have seen the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl see=pl mirror=loc] ‘look at yourself in the mirror’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make contract

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fifteen

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

one who is attached to another man’s wife, paramour

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Flower plant

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lie with face downwards

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Embrace one another

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Cake (oil)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

gourd spoon

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

belly

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bring out, to

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[three=clssfr black pig] ‘three black pigs’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

refuse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

solid

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

money

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

immerse

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cool (adj.)

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

for sleeping

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tecoma flower

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lizards

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

roll down (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tong

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

knead

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

conical basket

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

Hair

Speaker: Radha Kirsani