Gutob English

sir

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

scream

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[yet you.pl cry=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all haven’t cried yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Angling rod

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

late

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Go to hunt (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

ones at marriage

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wash anothers body (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

stream in mountains

Speaker: Komla Sisa

sister! (addressed by another sister)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

humble person

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Dust

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

weaken

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[here how.many pig cop=npst=pl] ‘how many pigs are here’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Countless

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

multitude, many things

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cooking pot

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

leech

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Father in law

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

toothless woman

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cushion

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

warm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

round

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

boiled

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sua corn

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[woman hour+hour hold=pst.ii=nfin say=pst.ii say=pst.ii come=pst.i=prog] ‘The woman will continue speaking for an hour’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

worm, earth

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dispute hotly (lit, eat one another)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

neck bone

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

moon, new

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Komla Sisa

hunger

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Ear pain

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron yet pig neg=see] ‘she does not see the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron yet pig=pl=obj neg=see] ‘she will not have seen the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg=die=neg.tam=pl] ‘they won’t die’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl both die=pst.i=pl aux=npst] ‘they two have died’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg.antic-sleep=neg.tam=pl] ‘they don’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron obj-you yet rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘she does not see you yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

obey (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lord

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kerosene

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rise

Speaker: Komla Sisa

open eye (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[we rdpl~drunk=1pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘we had not been drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Become fatty

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

pole of a carrying yoke

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[I pig=pl=obj rdpl~eat=obj neg=give=1] ‘I will not give food to the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I obj-you tomorrow neg-see=1] ‘I won’t see you tomorrow’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I child=obj wash.water=npst=1] ‘I will wash the baby’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1=prog] ‘I am looking at her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I=gen=abl yet what=indef rdpl~take=2pl neg.cop aux=pst.i] ‘you all had not taken anything from me yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I self rdpl~see=1 aux-pst.i] ‘I looked at myself’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

cloud

Speaker: Komla Sisa

[you look=pst.ii come.imp] ‘come look’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[obj-we cold neg-lv=neg.tam] ‘we don’t have a cold’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I basket give.imp] ‘don’t give me the basket! (said to one person)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sun shine (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

have children

Speaker: Komla Sisa

wrap ones body with a cloth (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[you.pl] ‘you aren’t dying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl neg-go.mod=2pl] ‘you won’t go’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl neg=cry=neg.tam=pl] ‘you won’t cry’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person yet pig rdpl~see neg.cop] ‘you all don’t see the pigs yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person yet go=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all aren’t going yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person pig=abl neg=take=neg.tam=2pl] ‘you all don’t take it from the pigs’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

your (pl)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wind rise up

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

priest

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Fifteen

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

first child

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

loft

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Disease

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

husband’s younger sister’s husband

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

meat

Speaker: Komla Sisa

silk worm, room

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

silent keep

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

(red) kamala, kumkum (Mallotus philippensis)

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

salphi tree, , sago palm

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

sour

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Cause to hold

Speaker: Komla Sisa

weapon handle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lean & thin

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

have diarrhea

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

heard, be (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

shuffle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

make crooked legged (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

light from a fire

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[dem.dist man-obj you see=pst.ii=mod aux=pst.ii=nfin obj-I rdpl~say=2 neg.cop] ‘if you see the man, don’t tell me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[which person=gen name I rdpl~say=1 neg.cop obj=3pron obj-I see=pl] ‘The man I did not tell your name to saw me’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Dry up (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Fetch water from a flowing or falling source

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

swim in water (vb.) (fish)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Caster oil seed

Speaker: Komla Sisa

heart

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lay with string for building

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

try

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa