Tuvan English

[askaar, askaŋnaar] v. limp

Source: First edition

[askaary] n. limp

Source: First edition

[askak] a. lame

Source: First edition

[askak] n. limp

Source: First edition

[askak, askaary] n. limp

Source: First edition

[askak, čandaš] a. lame

Source: First edition

[askaŋnaar] v. limp

Source: First edition

[askymnaar] v. bite the bit

Source: First edition

[askyr] a. male (animal)

Speaker: df

[askyr] n. stallion

Source: First edition

[askyr àt] n. roan

Source: First edition

[askyr dagaa] n. rooster

Source: First edition

[askyr-dege] n. mountain mouse

Source: First edition

[aspak] n. paw

Source: First edition

noun black-tailed skimmer

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

Scientific name: Orthetrum cancellatum

[aspyrar] v. sneeze

Source: First edition

noun pay for shaman services

[astyryyškyn] n. defeat, failure

Source: First edition

noun pl half-gods living in the higher world of sansara

[at] n. name, given

Source: First edition

[at] n. name, given name, first name

Source: First edition

[at] n. title

Speaker: Sasha

[at (solunda, kol stat’janyŋ ady), ege] n. headline

Speaker: Sasha

[at ornu] n. pronoun

Source: First edition

[at čok, at salbaan] adj. anonymous

Speaker: Sasha

[at-aldar, khündütkel, avtoritet] n. authority

Speaker: Sasha

noun phrase ritual of livestock blessing to a Buddhist god (used by the Tuvans in Naryn) (literally - divine blessing from Mogolian)

Source: Dongak 2018, page 49,

[atkaar] p. ago

Source: First edition

[ača, ada] n. father

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

noun daddy

noun phrase paternal grandmother

[achi] n. kind-heartedness

Speaker: df

noun phrase children, offspring

[ačylap, khölezilep alyr; khölezileer] v. hire

Speaker: Sasha

noun phrase God teacher (name for surreal creature of the highest rank)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 38

[aš] a. hungry

Source: First edition

[aš-čut] n. famine (sometimes translated as ’winter famine’) a catastrophic extreme weather, ice/snow event in winter that causes domestic animals to starve due to lack of access to grazing. These may be increasing in frequency due to climate change.

Source: First edition

[aš(taany)] n. hunger

Source: First edition

[ašak] n. man, old man

Source: First edition

[ašak] n. husband, man

Source: First edition

[ašak] n. husband, old man

Source: First edition

noun phrase spouses

[ašak-kadaj boluru] n. marriage

Source: First edition

[ašak-kadaj bolčuru] n. marriage

Source: First edition

noun husband

[ašakka baar] v. marry of woman

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[aštaar] v. erase

Source: First edition

[aštaar] v. hunger

Source: First edition

[aštaar] v. clean, erase

Source: First edition

[aštaar] phr. v. clean, clean up

Speaker: Sasha, df

[aštap suskaar, aštaar] v. starve

Speaker: Sasha

[aštyryyškyn] n. defeat, failure

Source: First edition

[àt] n. horse

Source: First edition

[àt derii] n. harness

Source: First edition

[àt khyly] n. horsehair

Source: First edition

[àt čavynčaa] n. horse-cloth

Source: First edition

noun phrase on the side of saddling (that is on the left side of an animal)

Source: Dongak 2018, page 32,

[àttanyr] v. set off on road

Source: First edition

[àttyg kiži] n. horseman

Source: First edition

[àš-čem] n. food

Source: First edition

[aeroport] n. airport

Source: First edition

[ajaar] a. quiet

Source: First edition

[ajaar, dyŋnalbas] a. quiet

Source: First edition

[ajak] n. bowl, tea bowl

Source: First edition

[ajalga] n. melody

Source: First edition

[ajalga] n. music

Source: First edition

[ajalga] n. tune

Source: First edition

[ajalga] n. tune, melody

Source: First edition

[ajalga] n. melody, music, tune

Source: First edition

[ajalga] n. dialect

Source: First edition

[ajan čoruk] n. journey

Source: First edition

[ajan-čoruk] n. travel

Speaker: Sasha

[ajan-čoruk kylyr] v. travel

Speaker: Sasha

noun travelling lamas walking around camps and reading prayers

[ajannažylga] n. rhyme

Source: First edition

[ajannažylga] n. harmony

Source: First edition

[ajannažylga, ajannaškaa] n. harmony

Source: First edition

[ajannažylga, rifma] n. rhyme

Source: First edition

[ajannaškaa] n. harmony

Source: First edition

[ajanny, kheviri, tema (r)] n. theme

Speaker: Sasha

[ajannyg] a. careful, precise, neat

Source: First edition

[ajaŋ (bažyŋ murnunda)] n. lawn

Speaker: Sasha

[ajar] adv. carefully, slowly

Source: First edition

[ajas] a. clear (sky)

Source: First edition