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The Tuvan Talking Dictionary currently has 8309 entries, with 2980 audio files and 180 images.
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шаңгыр [+]

noun    peregrine falcon

Scientific name: Falco peregrinus

Example: Photo by dmitrydubikovskiy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шөл кускежизи [+]

noun phrase    hen harrier

Scientific name: Circus cyaneus

Example: Photo by paulcools / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чыргырааш өдүрек [+]

noun phrase    mallard

Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
итпик [+]

noun    eurasian hoopoe

Scientific name: Upupa epops

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
куу шилен [+]

noun phrase    grey heron

Scientific name: Ardea cinerea

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
эжик [+]

[ ežik ]

n.    gate

Source: First edition

үвүргей шымнырак [+]

noun phrase    tufted duck

Scientific name: Aythya fuligula

Example: Photo by Frans Vandewalle / Flickr, License: CC-BY-NC via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
эдиске, сывыткы [+]

noun    bohemian waxwing

Scientific name: Bombycilla garrulus

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ээремчигей, ээремчик [+]

noun    kind of spider

Scientific name: Araneidae

Example: Photo by natalya_eromasova / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • arachnid
ыяш [+]

[ yjaš ]

n.    wood

Source: First edition

шыйлашкын [+]

noun    earthworm

Scientific name: Lumbricus terrestris

Example: Photo by ktcorson / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • worm
дүлер [+]

[ düler ]

v.    cook

Source: First edition

дедирдаван [+]

noun    Altai mole

Scientific name: Talpa altaica

Example: Photo by lola73 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
саржаг [+]

[ saržag ]

n.    congealed (yellow) butter

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • color
кызыл-думчук [+]

noun phrase    lesser black-backed gull

Scientific name: Larus fuscus

Example: Photo by ludmilapozhidaeva / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ховаган (общее название) [+]

noun    map butterfly

Scientific name: Araschnia levana

Example: Photo by annave / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • insect
хек [+]

noun    cuckoo

Scientific name: Cuculiformes

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
пресса, парлалга [+]

[ pressa, parlalga ]

n.    press

Source: First edition

шавышкак хаай [+]

noun phrase    crossbill

Scientific name: Loxia

Example: Photo by bespalov / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
арага [+]

[ araga ]

n.    alcohol(ic) drink, fermented milk alcohol

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • food
ус кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    Eurasian penduline-tit

Scientific name: Remiz pendulinus

Example: Photo by dmitrydubikovskiy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кадарчы [+]

[ kadarčy ]

n.    shepherd, herder

Source: First edition

дээрбедээр [+]

[ deerbedeer ]

v.    grind grain with millstone

Source: First edition

оңгук [+]

noun    loon

Scientific name: Gavia

Example: Photo by valeriya_xoma / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
cарыг баштыг сайлык [+]

noun phrase    citrine wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla citreola

Example: Photo by at0m / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
доораар [+]

[ dooraar ]

v.    chop

Source: First edition

чашкаадай [+]

noun    Isabelline wheatear

Scientific name: Oenanthe isabellina

Example: Photo by paulcools / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
бөзүр пага [+]

noun    European toad

Scientific name: Bufo bufo

Example: Photo by oleg_kosterin / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
кадай [+]

[ kadaj ]

n.    woman

Source: First edition

ак хавактыг кызыл кудурук [+]

noun phrase    common redstart

Scientific name: Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
моол хамнаарак [+]

noun phrase    mongolian lark

Scientific name: Melanocorypha mongolica

Example: Photo by yuchingtam / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
игил [+]

[ igil ]

n.    horsehead fiddle

Source: First edition

салдыг-хөкпеш [+]

noun phrase    bearded reedling

Scientific name: Panurus biarmicus

Example: Photo by cristoph_moning / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шопулак-хаай [+]

noun phrase    Eurasian spoonbill

Scientific name: Platalea leucorodia

Example: Photo by nikborrow / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ала-буга [+]

noun    redfin

Scientific name: Perca fluviatilis

Example: Photo by bespalov / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • fish
кара-торга [+]

noun phrase    black woodpecker

Scientific name: Dryocopus martius

Example: Photo by ratel / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кыс [+]

[ kys ]

n.    girl, female, daughter

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
сайлык [+]

noun    wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla

Example: Photo by gonkem1986 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
быра [+]

noun    Pallas’s sandgrouse

Scientific name: Syrrhaptes paradoxus

Example: Photo by andriy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
соңгу чүктүң сулажызы [+]

noun phrase    pallas’s reed bunting

Scientific name: Emberiza pallasi

Example: Photo by s_chere / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сайдаяк [+]

noun    white wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla alba

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кадарчы [+]

[ kadarčy ]

n.    herder

Source: First edition

чылындык [+]

noun    Eurasian wryneck

Scientific name: Jynx torquilla

Example: Photo by deniszhbir / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шоваажык [+]

noun    Asian rosy finch

Scientific name: Leucosticte arctoa

Example: Photo by s_chere / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
тогдук [+]

noun    great bustard

Scientific name: Otis tarda

Example: Photo by Sergey Yeliseev / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
баткан суг [+]

[ batkan sug ]

n.    stream

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • geography
инелик [+]

noun    dragonfly

Scientific name: Odonata

Example: Photo by dmitrydubikovskiy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • insect
ногаан торга [+]

noun phrase    European green woodpecker

Scientific name: Picus viridis

Example: Photo by ma_sche / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кээрген [+]

noun    spotted nutcracker

Scientific name: Nucifraga caryocatactes

Example: Photo by maria_tomsk / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
уруг [+]

[ urug ]

n.    girl

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

сыгырга (баар сарыг) [+]

noun    eurasian golden oriole

Scientific name: Oriolus oriolus

Example: Photo by sofya_priezzhih / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сандай [+]

[ sandaj ]

n.    chair, stool, bench

Source: First edition

аргар [+]

noun    argali

Scientific name: Ovus ammon

Example: Photo by naraa / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
дылбый-ээргииш [+]

noun phrase    Asian dowitcher

Scientific name: Limnodromus semipalmatus

Example: Photo by 台灣水鳥研究群 彰化海岸保育行動聯盟 / Flickr, License: CC-BY-NC-SA via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сүүр думчуктуг пага [+]

noun    moor frog

Scientific name: Rana arvalis

Example: Photo by alzov / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
кызыл-хөрек [+]

noun phrase    pine grosbeak

Scientific name: Pinicola enucleator

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дээлдиген [+]

noun    black kite

Scientific name: Milvus migrans

Example: Photo by dmitrydubikovskiy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
селеске (ящерица общее название) [+]

noun    viviparous lizard

Scientific name: Zootoca vivipara

Example: Photo by mikvik / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • reptile
музыкант [+]

[ muzykant ]

n.    musician

Source: First edition

сыын (олень - общее название) [+]

noun    Siberian wapiti

Scientific name: Cervus canadensis ssp. sibiricus

Example: Photo by akilee / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
эзир [+]

noun    eagle

Scientific name: Aquila

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
борбак думчуктуг ээргииш [+]

noun phrase    red-necked phalarope

Scientific name: Phalaropus lobatus

Example: Photo by alexeiebel / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хову шаңгыры [+]

noun phrase    kestrel

Scientific name: Falco

Example: Photo by solisia / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чыккылаа [+]

noun    Northern wheatear

Scientific name: Oenanthe oenanthe

Example: Photo by thierrycordenos / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кара бөрзектиг бааржык [+]

noun phrase    black-throated thrush

Scientific name: Turdus atrogularis

Example: Photo by tomegatherion / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хамнаарак [+]

noun    lark

Scientific name: Alaudidae

Example: Photo by kildor / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
те [+]

noun    Siberian ibex

Scientific name: Capra sibirica

Example: Photo by attila21 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
кызыл моюннуг айлаң-кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    siberian rubythroat

Scientific name: Luscinia calliope

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
үгүлер аймаа [+]

noun phrase    owls

Scientific name: Strigiformes

Example: Photo by hhempelmann / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
мыйыстыг хамнаарак [+]

noun phrase    horned lark

Scientific name: Eremophila alpestris

Example: Photo by kildor / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сыйтылаар [+]

noun    swift

Scientific name: Apodidae

Example: Photo by ruzovdmitry / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ягаан кара-баарзык [+]

noun phrase    rosy starling

Scientific name: Pastor roseus

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кара каарган [+]

noun phrase    carrion crow

Scientific name: Corvus corone

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дас [+]

noun    vulture

Scientific name: Accipitridae (vultures)

Example: Photo by g_kolotin / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дүңгүр [+]

noun    shaman’s drum

Source: Simchit 2010, page 35


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
таан [+]

noun    western jackdaw

Scientific name: Coloeus monedula

Example: Photo by dmitrydubikovskiy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ирбис [+]

noun    snow leopard

Scientific name: Panthera uncia

Example: Photo by attila21 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
эът [+]

[ èt ]

n.    meat

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df


Semantic domains:

  • food
айлаң кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    thrush nightingale

Scientific name: Luscinia luscinia

Example: Photo by alexeiebel / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
тос-карак [+]

[ tos-karak ]

n.    a ritual wooden implement used to sprinkle milk or tea as an offering to the spirits, in the shape of a square spoon with nine holes and a ribbon

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • religion
аганак [+]

noun    willow ptarmigan

Scientific name: Lagopus lagopus

Example: Photo by s_chere / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шиижекчигеш [+]

noun    goldcrest

Scientific name: Regulus regulus

Example: Photo by vorden / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
торга [+]

noun    woodpecker

Scientific name: Picidae

Example: Photo by evgen_gu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
алактаагы (өрге) [+]

noun    long-tailed ground squirrel

Scientific name: Urocitellus undulatus

Example: Photo by attila21 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
селеске [+]

noun    Siberian slamander

Scientific name: Salamandrella keyserlingii

Example: Photo by amarzee / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
улуг кызыл-хөрек [+]

noun phrase    pine grosbeak

Scientific name: Pinicola enucleator

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кызыл өйектиг кызыл-кудурук [+]

noun phrase    white-winged redstart

Scientific name: Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

Example: Photo by dmitrydubikovskiy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сарлык [+]

[ sarlyk ]

n.    yak

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • animal
кара-кызыл кудурук [+]

noun phrase    black redstart

Scientific name: Phoenicurus ochruros

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
черлик кас [+]

noun phrase    greylag goose

Scientific name: Anser anser

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
какпа-дузак [+]

[ kakpa-duzak ]

n.    trap

Source: First edition

кызыл-думчук [+]

noun phrase    red-billed chough

Scientific name: Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дылбый (дылбыш) [+]

noun    common snipe

Scientific name: Gallinago gallinago

Example: Photo by alexandrkochetkov / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шырга [+]

noun    scraper


Semantic domains:

  • religion
  • transport
калчан-кара [+]

noun phrase    Eurasian coot

Scientific name: Fulica atra

Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Flickr, License: CC-BY-NC via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
бичии эзир [+]

noun phrase    booted eagle

Scientific name: Hieraaetus pennatus

Example: Photo by irinakrug / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чаъскы [+]

noun    bat

Scientific name: Chiroptera

Example: Photo by sidsat / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
кояаргак [+]

noun    European goldfinch

Scientific name: Carduelis carduelis

Example: Photo by alzov / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
оол (оглу) [+]

[ ool (oglu) ]

n.    boy, son

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
көгулдүр көге-буга [+]

noun phrase    rock dove

Scientific name: Columba livia

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
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First edition launched in 2006. All content copyright © K. David Harrison (2006-2020). Voice recordings by Kheimer-ool Kuular, species identifications by Neal Kelso. All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 2020. Harrison, K. David and Gregory D.S Anderson with Alexander Ondar. Tuvan Talking Dictionary. http://tuvan.talkingdictionary.org

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There are currently 8309 entries, 2980 audio files, and 180 images.

First edition launched in 2006. All content copyright © K. David Harrison (2006-2020). Voice recordings by Kheimer-ool Kuular, species identifications by Neal Kelso. All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 2020. Harrison, K. David and Gregory D.S Anderson with Alexander Ondar. Tuvan Talking Dictionary. http://tuvan.talkingdictionary.org

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