Gutob English

Grimy

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

forwards and backwards

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

now, just

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[yet obj-3pron fear neg.cop] ‘you were not scared of her yet’

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[yet obj-you.pl=pl=obj see=pst.ii neg=aux=1pl] ‘we two will not have seen you yet’

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press someone to do something

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unmarried young man

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[tomorrow man pig eat=npst] ‘tomorrow the man will eat the pig’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

throw a stone

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

salt

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Bundle

Speaker: Komla Sisa

stupid

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

somewhere else

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Cry

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

head, cluster in

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Address

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hit

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scare, frighten

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Dwarf

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

quickly

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need

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tiger

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wasp (big size)

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Arrow & Bow

Speaker: Komla Sisa

shift cultivation

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

twenty-one

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sweep with hard broom (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tube for blowing fire with the mouth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

the(ir) giving of wine

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[woman laugh neg.cop] ‘the woman is not laughing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman yet pig=obj rdpl~kill=neg.cop] ‘the woman didn’t kill the pig yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

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arrow

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Unemployed

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Coal

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small pot

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

axe

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[who dem.dist man] ‘who is this man?’

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heavy loss

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fire inside the guest house

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

accept (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

hide

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Alike

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I sleep=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘he+I have slept’

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that, in

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[3pron obj-I yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she had not seen me yet’

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monkey

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morning before yesterday

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Again

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indigenous

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Go together (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

day

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Elder sister

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

conservative

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Fist

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we fall=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t fallen’

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ourselves, by

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

misconduct

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[we sleep=pst.i neg=aux=1pl] ‘we had not slept’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I neg=die=emph/neg.tam=1] ‘I haven’t died’

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[I pig=obj push=1 neg.cop] ‘I was not pushing the pigs’

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[you and I sleep=pst.i=1pl aux=npst] ‘you+I are sleeping’

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[you when obj-I say=npst=2] ‘when will you tell me?’

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Have another’s face washed by another person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leaf cup pin

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Female

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

[child=gen foot bathe=npst=1] ‘I wash the baby’s foot’

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slate

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[you.pl neg-go.mod=pl] ‘you don’t go’

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[you.pl both rdpl~die=2pl neg.cop] ‘you two don’t die’

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

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Cake

Speaker: Komla Sisa

toy

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swim

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widow

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rub (vb.)

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supporter

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Clear the bush

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skeleton

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[all here come.imp=3pl] ‘come here all!’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

intestine, belly, stomach

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hail

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tree

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Gold

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Comb (n.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cloth Undried

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

leg, press by

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fire unlit

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tired

Speaker: Komla Sisa

prepared person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

mud wall

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

answer

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

from there

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

kind of fish called in Desia ɖulga

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

pan, cauldron

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

root, end portion

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thief (female)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa