Tuvan English

[tom] n. volume

Speaker: Sasha

[tomujlaar] v. direct (indicate or point direction)

Source: First edition

[tomujlaar] v. indicate or show direction

Source: First edition

[tomujlaary] n. appointment

Source: First edition

[tomujlaary, süme] n. appointment

Source: First edition

[ton] n. 1. overcoat, 2. traditional Tuvan garment

Source: First edition

[ton, pal’to] n. overcoat

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[tonaar] v. plunder

Source: First edition

[tonaar] v. rob

Source: First edition

[tonaar] v. rob, plunder

Source: First edition

[tonakčy] n. bandit

Source: First edition

[tonalga] n. robbery, banditry

Source: First edition

verb put on (a shaman’s costum)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 56,

[toovas] phr. v. brush off

Speaker: Sasha

[toovas] phr. v. shrug off

Speaker: Sasha

[toovas, kherekke albas, kherekteves, barymdaalavas] v. ignore

Speaker: Sasha

[tool] n. folktale, epic

Source: First edition

[tool] n. tale

Source: First edition

[tool] n. folktale, epic, story

Source: First edition

[toolaj] n. hare, rabbit

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[toolčaan] adj. legendary

Speaker: Sasha

[toolču] n. epic storyteller

Source: First edition

[toolču] n. (epic) storyteller

Source: First edition

[toolčurgu] adj. mysterious

Speaker: Sasha

[toolčurgu čugaa] n. legend

Source: First edition

[toorgu] n. musk-deer

Source: First edition

[tooruk] n. pinecone

Source: First edition

[toptap köör] v. consider

Source: First edition

[toptap, ylavylalap köör] v. consider

Source: First edition

noun woodpecker

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Scientific name: Picidae

[torgu] n. silk

Source: First edition

noun phrase figurative name of a ritual clothes

Source: Simchit 2010, page 52,

[torgu yjažy] n. mulberry

Source: First edition

[torlaa] n. partridge, grouse

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[tos] n. birch, birchbark used for kindling

Source: First edition

[tos] num. nine

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[tos aj] n. September

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[tos aj, sentjabr’] n. September

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[tos deer] n. nine heavens

Source: First edition

[tos deer] n. 1. nine heavens, 2. name of Tuvan shamans’ society

Source: First edition

noun phrase nine jewels (which were put in the ground hole while building ovaa - a sacred site)

Source: Dongak 2018, page 37,

[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

[tojaar] v. wander

Speaker: Sasha

[tövüt] n. Tibet, Tibetan

Source: First edition

[töger] v. pour (out)

Source: First edition

[töger, töpter] v. pour

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[tögerik] a. round, circular

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[tögerik] n. circle

Source: First edition

[tögerik, borbak, tyryky] a. circular

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[tögerik, deerbek, tyryky] n. circle

Source: First edition