Gutob English

invite

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

swearing by ones father (only a woman will swear by her father)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

walk

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Bamboo door

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[yet we pig=obj rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘we are not looking at the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Bark cloak

Speaker: Komla Sisa

bael fruit

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

slide, cause to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ball game

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

python

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dwarf

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tooth brushing

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tigress

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Underwear

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Etc.

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

better looking

Speaker: Komla Sisa

fried rice

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[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 forest=dir run=pst.i] ‘the pig ran into the forest’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tie a knot

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tattoo (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman obj-I see=pst.ii neg=aux] ‘the woman will not have seen me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

fool

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

Black

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

have itch

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Place to Store Corn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

how much

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

kusam tree

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

woodcutter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

jealous person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make another small (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron yet rdpl~drunk neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘he hasn’t been drunk yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet man=pl=obj rdpl~tell neg.cop] ‘she isn’t looking at the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet sleep neg.cop] ‘he didn’t sleep yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron and I drunk rdpl~lv=1pl neg.cop] ‘he+I haven’t been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg-die=neg.tam=pl] ‘they aren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl drunk=pst.i=pl aux=npst] ‘they have been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl cry=pl neg.cop] ‘they haven’t cried’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

he doesn’t help, he is not a friend

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Father’s sister’s husband

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

vegetable

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dance ground

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

younger brother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

remember (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Elder brother

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Eldest brother

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

police inspector

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

one who walks with eyes

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fall, fall off (vb)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

dried plant

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

shoot with a gun (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we market tomorrow market=dir go=pst.i=nfin dem.dist market=dir go=pst.i=nfin basket buy=1pl] ‘because we will go to the market tomorrow, we will sell the baskets’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we go=pst.i=1pl neg.cop] ‘we haven’t gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I cry neg.cop=1] ‘I didn’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I dem.prox=gen obj=you.pl=pl=obj rdpl~give=1 neg.cop] ‘I did not give it to you all’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen two=clssfr small house] ‘my two small houses’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I neg-sleep=neg.tam=1] ‘I’m not sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

dark

Speaker: Komla Sisa

air

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

leaf & branch

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

withdraw

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Attach ploughshare (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gap

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

[you.pl yet man=pl=obj push=2pl neg.cop] ‘you have not pushed the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet man=pl=obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you will not have seen the men yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet dem.dist woman=obj rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘you didn’t see the woman yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl obj-we both=obj yet rdpl~give neg.cop] ‘you all will not give it to us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Destroy to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

lunar month

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Bored

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

loan

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

grass

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

order (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

oil man

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

give off a good smell

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

string (garland necklace)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ask another put out fire(vb.)

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Hand

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rinse mouth (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Child illegitimate

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

old (person)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

he goat

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

prohibit (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[today] ‘today’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dawn

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

climb (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

fill water (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

cook food, the act of cooking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hare

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

tiles

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

filter

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

filtered

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Down there

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Collect

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[two arm] ‘two arms’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Clever

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

keep quiet!

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

post letter

Speaker: Kamla Sisa