Gutob English

Come forward to

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

Fifty Paise

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

kinds of insect

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

slide, cause to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

fear

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

frightened girl

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

sister! (addressed by another sister)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Sent

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

wrap

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tooth brushing

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[tiger one pig=obj catch=pst.ii bite=pst.ii aux=pst.ii] ‘the tiger killed the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

these people, of

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

make a heap

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Body

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

ring worm affected person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

burned

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[pig obj-3pron rdpl~see neg=aux] ‘the pig wasn’t looking at her’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Governor

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

tick-tock

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

rice, broken

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Dog

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

dirty

Speaker: Komla Sisa

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

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman no.longer rdpl~cook neg.cop] ‘The woman no longer cooks food (she did at one point but not now)’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman pig dem.dist man=abl take=pst.i] ‘the woman took the pig from the man’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman obj-you rdpl~see neg=aux=pst.i] ‘the woman wasn’t looking at you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[woman=pl woman=obj neg-see=pst.ii=pl aux-pst.i] ‘the women hadn’t seen the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

kinds of grass living in paddy fields

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thresh, reap paddy (vb.)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Even a little, at all

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

injured

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

ceramic pot

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Tonkhodar Sisa

pitcher

Example: Photo by Opino Gomango

Speaker: Bondu Kirsani

pot full

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

accept (vb)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

hen

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[3pron fall=pst.i aux=pst.ii] ‘he has fallen down’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron neg.antic-go-pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘she will have not gone’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron=pl neg=go.mod=pl] ‘they aren’t going’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[3pron stand=pst.i aux=npst] ‘she is standing’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

from him, her, it

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

help another person in putting down something from his head (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

something, bit, little

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

I mixed the rice

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

neighbor

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

us, with

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

we two are father and son

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

measure

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Cheating

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[we both you.pl=gen=abl dem.prox=gen take=pst.i=1pl aux-pst.i] ‘we two were taking it from you’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

soft hearted person

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

pole of a carrying yoke

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

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

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[I=gen small house] ‘my small house’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[I see=pst.ii=1 there one man sit=pst.i aux=pst.i] ‘I saw someone standing/sitting there’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-I pig rdpl~see=obj desid] ‘I want to see the pig’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[obj-you greeting pp] ‘please’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

female animal

Speaker: Komla Sisa

trouble, annoyance, hardship

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Embrace(ment)

Speaker: Radha Kirsani

young

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[boy sleep neg.antic aux-pst.i] ‘the boy had not slept yet’

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

[boy sleep neg.cop] ‘the boy is not sleeping’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet obj-we both=obj rdpl~see=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all are not looking at us two yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl yet sleep=2pl neg.cop] ‘you haven’t slept yet’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both fall=pst.i=2pl aux=npst] ‘you two are falling’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl both drunk neg.cop] ‘you two aren’t drunk’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl and I cry aux=pst.i=1pl] ‘you+I were crying’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all person obj-we both=obj tell=pst.ii=2pl neg=aux] ‘you all will not have told us two’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

[you.pl all sleep=2pl neg.cop] ‘you all didn’t sleep’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

you, to

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

coconut, green

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

test

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

winter

Speaker: Komla Sisa

Cold be (vb.)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

Show face

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Harpoon (vb)

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

semli tree, silkcotton tree

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

belly

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

gold

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

head ornament

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thread and needle

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

hearts (in playing cards)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tehsildar

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

[dem.dist woman=obj you.pl see=npst=2pl] ‘you will see the woman’

Speaker: Tonkodhar Sisa

Be seen

Speaker: Komla Sisa

semi-ripe

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Hand Broom

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

today

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

Coil to

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

sustained

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

nevertheless

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

joking

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

tailor (female)

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa

trap, net make

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

virgin

Speaker: Komla Sisa

keep quiet!

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

thief

Speaker: Kamla Sisa

penis

Speaker: Tonkhodhar Sisa