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The Tuvan Talking Dictionary currently has 8309 entries, with 2980 audio files and 180 images.
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сыын (олень - общее название) [+]

noun    Siberian wapiti

Scientific name: Cervus canadensis ssp. sibiricus

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
арага [+]

[ araga ]

n.    alcohol(ic) drink, fermented milk alcohol

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • food
сандай [+]

[ sandaj ]

n.    chair, stool, bench

Source: First edition

таан [+]

noun    western jackdaw

Scientific name: Coloeus monedula

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
үвүргей шымнырак [+]

noun phrase    tufted duck

Scientific name: Aythya fuligula

Example: Photo by Frans Vandewalle / Flickr, License: CC-BY-NC via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хову шаңгыры [+]

noun phrase    kestrel

Scientific name: Falco

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
демир-хууң [+]

[ demir-khuuŋ ]

n.    bucket (metal)

Source: First edition

улуг ззир, бүргүт [+]

noun phrase    golden eagle

Scientific name: Aquila chrysaetos

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хана [+]

[ khana ]

n.    wall (of yurt)

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • yurt
дылбый (дылбыш) [+]

noun    common snipe

Scientific name: Gallinago gallinago

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
айлаң кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    thrush nightingale

Scientific name: Luscinia luscinia

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
үгүлер аймаа [+]

noun phrase    owls

Scientific name: Strigiformes

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кадай [+]

[ kadaj ]

n.    woman

Source: First edition

шыйлашкын [+]

noun    earthworm

Scientific name: Lumbricus terrestris

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


Semantic domains:

  • worm
улуг балыкчы куш [+]

noun phrase    great cormorant

Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
салдыг-хөкпеш [+]

noun phrase    bearded reedling

Scientific name: Panurus biarmicus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
оол (оглу) [+]

[ ool (oglu) ]

n.    boy, son

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
чылындык [+]

noun    Eurasian wryneck

Scientific name: Jynx torquilla

Example: Photo by deniszhbir / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
калчан-кара [+]

noun phrase    Eurasian coot

Scientific name: Fulica atra

Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Flickr, License: CC-BY-NC via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чазаар [+]

[ čazaar ]

v.    castrate

Source: First edition

селеске [+]

noun    Siberian slamander

Scientific name: Salamandrella keyserlingii

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


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
матпадак [+]

noun    common quail

Scientific name: Coturnix coturnix

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дуюг [+]

[ dujug ]

n.    hoof

Source: First edition

чаъскы [+]

noun    bat

Scientific name: Chiroptera

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
ыт [+]

[ yt ]

n.    dog

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • animal
кажаа [+]

[ kažaa ]

n.    corral

Source: First edition

сайжы [+]

noun    plover

Scientific name: Charadrius

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чашкаадай [+]

noun    Isabelline wheatear

Scientific name: Oenanthe isabellina

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
көгулдүр көге-буга [+]

noun phrase    rock dove

Scientific name: Columba livia

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ыйбааңгы [+]

noun    Eurasian eagle-owl

Scientific name: Bubo bubo

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
оңгук [+]

noun    loon

Scientific name: Gavia

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
даглыг черниң сайлыы [+]

noun phrase    grey wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla cinerea

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сааскан [+]

noun    eurasian magpie

Scientific name: Pica pica

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шаңгыр [+]

noun    peregrine falcon

Scientific name: Falco peregrinus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
айлаң сааскан [+]

noun phrase    eurasian jay

Scientific name: Garrulus glandarius

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
бора дуруяа [+]

noun phrase    common crane

Scientific name: Grus grus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
айлаң кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    bluethroat

Scientific name: Luscinia svecica

Example: Photo by gonkem1986 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кызыл-хөрек (кызыл-өек) [+]

noun phrase    eurasian bullfinch

Scientific name: Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кара каарган [+]

noun phrase    carrion crow

Scientific name: Corvus corone

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
көк-хөкпеш [+]

noun phrase    great tit

Scientific name: Parus major

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
игил [+]

[ igil ]

n.    horsehead fiddle

Source: First edition

мөнгуннелчек ак-кускун [+]

noun phrase    european herring gull

Scientific name: Larus argentatus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
бала-согааш [+]

[ bala-sogaaš ]

n.    mortar and pestle

Source: First edition

cарыг баштыг сайлык [+]

noun phrase    citrine wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla citreola

Example: Photo by at0m / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дүктүг ээремчик, шагаан теве [+]

noun    kind of spider

Scientific name: Lycosidae

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


Semantic domains:

  • arachnid
сарлык [+]

[ sarlyk ]

n.    yak

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • animal
ала-буга [+]

noun    redfin

Scientific name: Perca fluviatilis

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
көк бөрү [+]

noun    gray wolf

Scientific name: Canis lupus

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
кызыл-думчук [+]

noun phrase    lesser black-backed gull

Scientific name: Larus fuscus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хек [+]

noun    cuckoo

Scientific name: Cuculiformes

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
көк кудурук [+]

noun phrase    red-flanked bluetail

Scientific name: Тarsiger cyanurus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
мөге [+]

[ möge ]

n.    wrestler

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • sport
шагар чылан [+]

noun    adder

Scientific name: Vipera berus

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


Semantic domains:

  • reptile
ак хавактыг кызыл кудурук [+]

noun phrase    common redstart

Scientific name: Phoenicurus phoenicurus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кызыл өйектиг кызыл-кудурук [+]

noun phrase    white-winged redstart

Scientific name: Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
улуг кызыл-хөрек [+]

noun phrase    pine grosbeak

Scientific name: Pinicola enucleator

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ырыксыс [+]

noun    grebe

Scientific name: Podicipediformes

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шопулак-хаай [+]

noun phrase    Eurasian spoonbill

Scientific name: Platalea leucorodia

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
бөзүр пага [+]

noun    European toad

Scientific name: Bufo bufo

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


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
соңгу чүктүң сулажызы [+]

noun phrase    pallas’s reed bunting

Scientific name: Emberiza pallasi

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
эът [+]

[ èt ]

n.    meat

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df


Semantic domains:

  • food
кыс [+]

[ kys ]

n.    girl, female, daughter

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
тогдук [+]

noun    great bustard

Scientific name: Otis tarda

Example: Photo by Sergey Yeliseev / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
музыкант [+]

[ muzykant ]

n.    musician

Source: First edition

кара-кызыл кудурук [+]

noun phrase    black redstart

Scientific name: Phoenicurus ochruros

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шиижекчигеш [+]

noun    goldcrest

Scientific name: Regulus regulus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
баткан суг [+]

[ batkan sug ]

n.    stream

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • geography
борбак думчуктуг ээргииш [+]

noun phrase    red-necked phalarope

Scientific name: Phalaropus lobatus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хуваанак [+]

[ khuvaanak ]

n.    divining stones (typically, a set of 41 smooth pebbles kept in a pouch, laid out ritually for divination)

Source: First edition

какпа-дузак [+]

[ kakpa-duzak ]

n.    trap

Source: First edition

бургураа [+]

noun    bittern

Scientific name: Botaurinae

Example: Photo by Steve Chilton / Flickr, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ирбис [+]

noun    snow leopard

Scientific name: Panthera uncia

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
чоон-хаай, мочак-хаай [+]

noun phrase    hawfinch

Scientific name: Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кара баарзык [+]

noun phrase    common starling

Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
содаачы [+]

noun    ruff

Scientific name: Calidris pugnax

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чыргырааш өдүрек [+]

noun phrase    mallard

Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хөнек [+]

[ khönek ]

n.    teapot

Source: First edition

дээрбедээр [+]

[ deerbedeer ]

v.    grind grain with millstone

Source: First edition

кара-торга [+]

noun phrase    black woodpecker

Scientific name: Dryocopus martius

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чем кадаар [+]

noun phrase    red-backed shrike

Scientific name: Lanius collurio

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
доораар [+]

[ dooraar ]

v.    chop

Source: First edition

уруг [+]

[ urug ]

n.    girl

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

ыраажы бааржык [+]

noun phrase    song thrush

Scientific name: Turdus philomelos

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
аңгыр [+]

noun    shelducks

Scientific name: Tadorna

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кызыл баштыг өдүрек [+]

noun phrase    common pochard

Scientific name: Aythya ferina

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
быштак [+]

[ byštak ]

n.    cheese curd (wet)

Source: First edition

өг [+]

[ ög ]

n.    yurt

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • yurt
шөл кускежизи [+]

noun phrase    hen harrier

Scientific name: Circus cyaneus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
быра [+]

noun    Pallas’s sandgrouse

Scientific name: Syrrhaptes paradoxus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сайдаяк [+]

noun    white wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla alba

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
алактаагы (өрге) [+]

noun    long-tailed ground squirrel

Scientific name: Urocitellus undulatus

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
эжик [+]

[ ežik ]

n.    gate

Source: First edition

чөвүрээ [+]

[ čövüree ]

n.    bark

Source: First edition

ийи мөгенниг теве [+]

noun    Bactrian camel

Scientific name: Camelus bactrianus

Example: Photo by cap1096 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
дээлдиген [+]

noun    black kite

Scientific name: Milvus migrans

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
саар [+]

[ saar ]

v.    milk

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • food
чыландык [+]

noun    Eurasian wryneck

Scientific name: Jynx torquilla

Example: Photo by deniszhbir / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • bird
саржаг [+]

[ saržag ]

n.    congealed (yellow) butter

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • color
ногаан торга [+]

noun phrase    European green woodpecker

Scientific name: Picus viridis

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кадарчы [+]

[ kadarčy ]

n.    shepherd, herder

Source: First edition

ABOUT

First edition launched in 2006. All content copyright © K. David Harrison (2006-2020). Voice recordings by Kheimer-ool Kuular, species identifications by Neal Kelso. All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 2020. Harrison, K. David and Gregory D.S Anderson with Alexander Ondar. Tuvan Talking Dictionary. http://tuvan.talkingdictionary.org

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There are currently 8309 entries, 2980 audio files, and 180 images.

First edition launched in 2006. All content copyright © K. David Harrison (2006-2020). Voice recordings by Kheimer-ool Kuular, species identifications by Neal Kelso. All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 2020. Harrison, K. David and Gregory D.S Anderson with Alexander Ondar. Tuvan Talking Dictionary. http://tuvan.talkingdictionary.org

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

The Tuvan Talking Dictionary was created at Swarthmore College with support from the Enduring Voices Project with the National Geographic Society and Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.

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