Tuvan English

[ak čem] n. dairy

Source: First edition

[ak čem] n. dairy (products)

Source: First edition

[ak čoorgan] n. sheet

Source: First edition

noun phrase white thing (metaphorical name of sacrificial fabric strip)

Speaker: Simchit 2010, page 55

[ak-balyk] n. white-salmon

Source: First edition

[ak-kök] a. light blue, sky blue

Source: First edition

noun phrase seagull

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Scientific name: Laridae

noun phrase white wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla alba

[ak-taraa] n. wheat

Source: First edition

noun shaman amulet

Speaker: Simchit 2010, page 72

[ak, ak baštyg] a. grey (hair)

Source: First edition

[akkan sug] n. running water

Source: First edition

[akkan sug, batkan sug, sug agymy] n. stream

Source: First edition

[akkyzy(y)] n. uncle

Source: First edition

[aksyn tyrttyrbas] v. bite the bit

Source: First edition

[aksyn khaar, khoš] v. shut (mouth)

Source: First edition

[aktalaar] v. castrate

Source: First edition

[aktalaar, čazaar] v. castrate

Source: First edition

[aktjor (r), artist (r)] n. actor

Speaker: Sasha

[akša] adj. monetary

Speaker: Sasha

[akša] n. money

Source: First edition

[akša kiirer, salyr] v. invest

Speaker: Sasha

[akša sakykčyzy, investor (r)] n. investor

Speaker: Sasha

[akša salyry, salgan akša] n. investment

Speaker: Sasha

[akša khavy] n. purse

Source: First edition

[akša khavy] n. wallet

Source: First edition

[akša čeer, čeep alyr] v. lend

Speaker: Sasha

[akša-bile khandyrar] v. sponsor

Speaker: Sasha

[akša-bile khandyrar, akšalandyrar, akša beer] v. finance

Speaker: Sasha

[akša, valjuta] n. money

Source: First edition

[akšany aŋgyj čyyr, čyyp alyr] phr. v. set aside

Speaker: Sasha

[aky] n. brother

Speaker: First edition, df

noun phrase pl kinship, family

[akyj] n. brother (vocative form)

Source: First edition

[akyj] n. 1. elder brother, uncle, 2. term of address for an older male

Speaker: First edition, df

[akym] n. my elder brother, my uncle

Speaker: First edition, df

[ala] a. piebald

Speaker: First edition, df

noun phrase ritual clothes (figurative) literally - motley shell

Speaker: Simchit 2010, page 52

noun phrase shaman amulet

Speaker: Simchit 2010, page 125

noun phrase ritual clothes (figurative)

Speaker: Simchit 2010, page 52

noun redfin

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

Scientific name: Perca fluviatilis

[ala-čajgaar] a. natural, real

Source: First edition

[ala-čajgaar, čajgaar] a. natural, real

Source: First edition

[ala-šokar] a. piebald, striped, spotted

Speaker: First edition, df

noun phrase common shelduck

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Scientific name: Tadorna tadorna

[alaga] n. hammer

Source: First edition

[alažy ög] n. teepee

Source: First edition

[alažy ög] n. teepee made of wooden poles with bark covering

Source: First edition

noun long-tailed ground squirrel

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

Scientific name: Urocitellus undulatus

[albadaar] v. coerce

Source: First edition