Gutob English

Ahead

Speaker: Komla Sisa

stingy

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

moon beam

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Expect

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[yet we pig=obj kill=pst.ii=1pl neg.cop] ‘we don’t kill the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Divide (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pollute

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

serpentine (road etc.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

gadfly/ gnat

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

pray(er)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

she buffalo

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fart (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

scare, frighten

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bend (n.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

two brothers, we two are brothers

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

how

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Armlet, bracelet, wristlet

Speaker: Komla Sisa

water, hot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

chicken egg

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Child female

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

she goat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[cold water] ‘cold water’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

result, news of today

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

the Collector, head of a district

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Left, abandoned

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Jug

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

locket

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Arrow

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Close

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[man=pl woman=obj see=pst.ii=pl aux=pst.i] ‘the men had seen the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

friend’s wife

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron now=abl feel neg.cop] ‘he hasn’t felt it yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both neg=cry=pst.i=pl=prog] ‘they two don’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl sleep=pl neg.cop=pl] ‘they aren’t sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

prostration before a deity

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cake type

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

brown

Speaker: Komla Sisa

or

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nostril

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

small size basket

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bag

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Grand father (paternal)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Big river

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

mouse, big

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

man bald on the head

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we pig=obj kill=pst.ii=1pl] ‘we killed the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

we two

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

us, for

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Good news

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pronounce

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I market=dir go=fut=1 pig rdpl~buy=purp] ‘I will go to the market to buy a pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I pig=obj rdpl~eat=obj rdpl~give=1 neg.cop] ‘I am not giving food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I go=fut=1 and basket=pp woman=obj tell=npst=1] ‘I will go and tell the woman about the basket’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I self rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I’m not looking at myself’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you rdpl~see=1 neg.cop] ‘I could not see you then’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.dist man=obj push neg.cop] ‘I do not push the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ninety

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

scratch by nail

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you and I fall=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘you+I didn’t fall’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you dem.dist man=pl=obj neg=kill=pst.ii] ‘you do not kill the men!’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Evening

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[obj-you dem.prox=gen 3pron neg=give] ‘she won’t give it you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

two handfuls

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lower part of wall from verandah ground

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lip

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Apparel

Speaker: Komla Sisa

wear a saree (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl now=abl drunk neg=lv=neg.tam=pl] ‘you all won’t be drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl man=pl=obj push aux=pst.ii=2pl] ‘you have pushed the men’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj=3pron fear=pst.i=2=prog] ‘you are scared of her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fifteen

Speaker: Komla Sisa

reading

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dove

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

winter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

order (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

unfriendly

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

oil seed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

bird species (lit. climbing in trees bird)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stem of tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

gold

Speaker: Komla Sisa

iguana

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

take down pot from fireplace, bring down (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

finger of hand

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[dem.dist man-obj I tomorrow see=npst=1] ‘I will see the man tomorrow’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[dem.dist boy sleep=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘the boy was asleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Ash(es)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sound of boiling

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[which person you=gen name rdpl~say neg.cop obj-3pron see=pl] ‘The man I did not tell your name to saw me’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Hand Broom

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

straw

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Curtain

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Bathing place

Speaker: Komla Sisa

rain

Speaker: Komla Sisa

make win (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa