Tuvan Talking Dictionary

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имнээр

[imneer] v. mimic, imitate

Source: First edition

ине

[ine] n. needle

Source: First edition

инек

[inek] n. cow

Source: First edition

инек эъди

[inek èdi] n. beef

Source: First edition

инелик

Odonata

noun dragonfly

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

Scientific name: Odonata

ини

[ini] num. two (dialect form)

Speaker: df

институт (Р)

[institut (r)] n. institute

Speaker: Sasha

инструмент

[instrument] n. instrument

Source: First edition

интернет (Е)

[internet (e)] n. web

Speaker: Sasha

информация

[informatsija] v. information

Source: First edition

информация, медээ

[informatsija, medee] v. information

Source: First edition

ирбис

Panthera uncia

noun snow leopard

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

Scientific name: Panthera uncia

ире

noun elder brother of father, father of husband/wife

ирей

noun old husband

ириван

noun nirvana

Source: Simchit 2010, page 91

ириир

[iriir] v. decompose

Source: First edition

ириир

[iriir] v. rot, decompose

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

ирик

[irik] a. rotten

Source: First edition

ириң

[iriŋ] n. pus

Speaker: Sasha

ирт

[irt] n. ram, castrated

Source: First edition

ис

[is] n. footprint

Source: First edition

ис

[is] n. track

Source: First edition

ис

[is] n. trace, track, footprint

Source: First edition

истекчи, байысаакчы

[istekči, bajysaakčy] n. investigator

Speaker: Sasha

истеп сүрер, сүрер, сывыр-

[istep sürer, sürer, syvyr-] v. chase

Speaker: Sasha, df

истээр

[isteer] phr. v. hunt down

Speaker: Sasha

истээр, дилээр

[isteer, dileer] phr. v. track down

Speaker: Sasha

итпик

Upupa epops

noun eurasian hoopoe

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

Scientific name: Upupa epops

иштелиишкин

[išteliiškin] n. pregnancy

Source: First edition

ишти

[išti] n. interior

Source: First edition

иштиг

[ištig] a. pregnant

Source: First edition

иштики

[ištiki] adj. inner

Speaker: Sasha

иштики

[ištiki] a. internal

Source: First edition

иштики, чер ортузунда

[ištiki, čer ortuzunda] adj. inland

Speaker: Sasha

иштинге

[ištinge] a. inside

Source: First edition

иштинде

[ištinde] a. inside

Source: First edition

иштэни-

[ishteni-] v. (stem) fill

Speaker: df

ишчи

[ishchi] n. effort

Speaker: df

июль

[ijul’] n. July

Source: First edition

июнь

[ijun’] n. June

Source: First edition

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