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Бурган Башкы

proper name supreme god

Дээр тии

noun phrase Milky way (literally top of sky)

Кежээки шолбан

noun phrase Orion (literally evening Venus)

Курбун сога

noun phrase Orion

Курбусту ~ Хам-на Курбус ~ Азар

noun phrase name of the upper world - homeland of star shamans

Оттуг сылдыс

noun phrase Mars (literally fire star)

Сурээ

noun phrase Mount Suree - border between the worlds of life and dead

Тос дээр

noun phrase nine skys (in shamanism meaning nine worlds of the upper universe)

Улуг-Хем

proper name Yenisey River (literally big river)

Хан Гэрди

proper name name of a fantastic bird

Чер-Суг

proper name name of the master of the middle world (literally earth-water)

азарлар ~ азар курбустулар ~ хоорлар

noun celestial bodies

ак аас-дыл / аас-дыл

noun phrase envy, slander (lterally white mouth-tongue)

албыстаар

verb get shaman’s illness (meaning become a shaman) (literally get possessed by devils)

алдын тын

noun phrase golden breath (balanced condition of an organism)

алдыы оран

noun phrase under world / hell

аргыглаашкын

noun ritual of cleansing

аянги

noun travelling lamas walking around camps and reading prayers

бадарчи

noun wandering lamas tradesmen

бо өртмечей

noun phrase middle world / universe (literally this universe / world)

бора сүнезин

noun phrase grey soul (which stays on earth and bothers life relatives)

бурхан-бөө / бурхан-хам

noun phrase lama-shaman

даспан

noun board cut

дириг сүнезин

noun phrase life soul

доора салыр / каргыш салыр

verb phrase send curses

дорралыг кижи

noun phrase a person suffering in his/her life of some kind of harmness / obsticle

дулгуяк

noun doll mockup made out of dead person’s clothes

дунд-сунус

noun phrase middle soul (used by Southern Tuvans)

дөртен хонук

noun phrase wake (funeral repast) on the 40th day (literally 40 days)

зурхай

noun Mongolian calendar

ийи көрнү кижилер

proper name shamans and lamas who can see the spirits

кара сүнезин

noun phrase black soul (which guards the grave of a dead person)

кара ыт аксы

noun phrase prohibited direction of funerals (literally mouth of a black dog)

карангы өртмечей

noun phrase under world / hell (literally dark world / universe)

кенгерге

noun big drum (used by lamas)

килең чайыр

verb phrase shaman ritual of diverting anger

кол/чингин сүнезин

noun phrase main soul

куът

noun mind, consciousness

күзүнгүлээшкин

verb healing with a help of a shaman mirror kyuzyungyu

лама-чурагачы

noun phrase lama-astrologer

лимби

noun Tuvan flute

маанай, мааней

noun paper strips with mantras

мага-бот үстүү

noun phrase the direction of the end of the life (unfavorable geografical direction when calculating the element of the birth)

меңги

noun "birthmarks" - according to Buddhism every person has a certain set of birthmarks of different colors and numbers depending on the birth date according to the Luna calendar

мөнгүн тын

noun phrase silver breath (good physical shape)

мөңге өртмечей

noun phrase eternal universe (referring to upper and under worlds)

ога салыр

verb phrase ritual of burning memorial food in the sacred fire during the funerals

ок-чүгүртүр

verb phrase drive an arrow (shaman technique to look for lost thing)

онгар

noun grave (literally hole)

ортаа оран / ортаа өртмечей

noun phrase middle world / universe (that is Earth)

сайн-сунус

noun phrase good soul (used by Southern Tuvans)

сангха

noun buddhist monk community

сансара

noun Buddgist concept of six worlds

сарыг бүрү

noun phrase ritual to remember those who died last year during the ritual of worshiping sacred tree in the fall

сарыг-чурагай

noun phrase yellow or exact astronomy

саң салыр

verb phrase ritual of making sacred bonfire or incense burner in front of a grave (literally put the bonfire)

сержим

noun ritual of reading prayers and offering ’prayed’ vodka to the local spirit-master

согажа

noun liver pieces wrapped in interior fat

соодал / олут-соодал

noun phrase element (used at calculation to define the birthdate of a person by shamans)

соңгу кызыг

noun phrase another world (literally Northen edge)

субурган

noun burials of outstanding lamas

сулде ~ сур

noun spirit, life force

сунезин ~ сагыш сеткил

noun / noun phrase soul

сүнезин оруктары

noun phrase ways of soul to extract the curse out of a body practiced by shamans

сөөк салыр улусу

noun phrase people who are engaged in transportation and burial (literally those who bury bones)

тайга ээзи

noun phrase master of taiga

тамы

noun hell

таргалар

noun pl chiefs (referring to Soviet party top bosses)

тэнгри-бөө

noun phrase shaman of sky origin

уруг куът ~ уруг куду

noun phrase soul of a child (from newborn until 13 years of age)

хайнактар

noun pl children born from parents of different nationalities or ethnicities (somewhat pejorative)

хамнарның чижири

noun phrase shaman fight (literally shaman eating of each other)

ханы дөстуг биле уктуг

noun phrase blood related people who inherit the knowledge and experience of noble bloodline of shamans

хараача

noun smoke hole

хей куъш ~ аза кужу

noun phrase devil’s bird - messenger of death

хей-аът

noun phrase life energy

хи-юм

noun devil (used by Southern Tuvans)

хой буду

noun phrase boiled (cooked) sheep leg

хола хараган

noun phrase white caragana (Siberian peashrub)

хонук

noun wake ritual (funeral repast)

хора үстүү

noun phrase the direction of the harm (unfavorable geografical direction when calculating the element of the birth)

хуванак

noun small stones for fortune-telling (used by shamans)

хымыраан, чажыг, сержим

noun ritual of cleansing face and hands after the funerals

хөл ээзи

noun phrase master of lake

чат-даш

noun phrase special stone (used to see the spirits even by ordinary people)

чатка, каргыш

noun curse

чатчы

noun chosen person who can manage the special stone

чаян-дөс

noun phrase multiple spirits who give a shaman knowledge and visions

чер хөлезени

noun phrase ritual of ’renting the land" (for burials)

чоорат

noun hell

чыл эдилгези

verb phrase ritual of fixing the birthdate of a person

шо ~ шо-төлге

noun buddhist fortune telling on bones

шыдашпайн барган

verb phrase suicide or death through the fault of doctors - euphemism (literally he/she couldn’t stand it any more)

ыш биле баар

verb phrase euphemism - die suddenly (literally gone with smoke)

Үш мыйгак

noun phrase Orion (literally three elks)

үстүү өртемчей

noun phrase upper universe / paradise

үстүү-дээр

noun phrase upper sky

үш-карак

noun phrase wooden spoon or trowel used to "feed" (coax) the spirits of dead people (literally three eyes)

үүле

noun destination and deeds

өргүл

[örgül] n. sacrifice, ritual of feeding the master spirits of a place