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The Tuvan Talking Dictionary currently has 8309 entries, with 2980 audio files and 180 images.
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үгүлер аймаа [+]

noun phrase    owls

Scientific name: Strigiformes

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
мыйыт [+]

noun    sharp-snouted lenok

Scientific name: Brachymystax lenok

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
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 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
хөөрүк [+]

noun    Siberian chipmunk

Scientific name: Eutamias sibiricus

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
хөнек [+]

[ khönek ]

n.    teapot

Source: First edition

сулажы [+]

noun    yellowhammer

Scientific name: Emberiza citrinella

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шавышкак хаай [+]

noun phrase    crossbill

Scientific name: Loxia

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
моол хамнаарак [+]

noun phrase    mongolian lark

Scientific name: Melanocorypha mongolica

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шыйлашкын [+]

noun    earthworm

Scientific name: Lumbricus terrestris

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


Semantic domains:

  • worm
мөге [+]

[ möge ]

n.    wrestler

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • sport
сояр [+]

[ sojar ]

v.    skin or flay (e.g., an animal), slaughter an animal (Hovd Dial.)

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

ыйбааңгы [+]

noun    Eurasian eagle-owl

Scientific name: Bubo bubo

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
аргар [+]

noun    argali

Scientific name: Ovus ammon

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
аът [+]

[ àt ]

n.    horse

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • animal
черлик кас [+]

noun phrase    greylag goose

Scientific name: Anser anser

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
доораар [+]

[ dooraar ]

v.    chop

Source: First edition

кызыл-думчук [+]

noun phrase    red-billed chough

Scientific name: Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дедирдаван [+]

noun    Altai mole

Scientific name: Talpa altaica

Example: Photo by lola73 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
кадарчы [+]

[ kadarčy ]

n.    shepherd, herder

Source: First edition

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
кадай [+]

[ kadaj ]

n.    woman

Source: First edition

шырга [+]

noun    scraper


Semantic domains:

  • religion
  • transport
ус кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    Eurasian penduline-tit

Scientific name: Remiz pendulinus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
селеске (ящерица общее название) [+]

noun    viviparous lizard

Scientific name: Zootoca vivipara

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


Semantic domains:

  • reptile
кара бөрзектиг бааржык [+]

noun phrase    black-throated thrush

Scientific name: Turdus atrogularis

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
өг [+]

[ ög ]

n.    yurt

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • yurt
ээремчигей, ээремчик [+]

noun    kind of spider

Scientific name: Araneidae

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


Semantic domains:

  • arachnid
сыйтылаар [+]

noun    swift

Scientific name: Apodidae

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
дериг [+]

noun    shaman’s costume (feathered headdress, ribboned coat)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 50


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
баткан суг [+]

[ batkan sug ]

n.    stream

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • geography
ягаан кара-баарзык [+]

noun phrase    rosy starling

Scientific name: Pastor roseus

Example: Photo by aquacielo / 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
игил [+]

[ igil ]

n.    horsehead fiddle

Source: First edition

дээлдиген [+]

noun    black kite

Scientific name: Milvus migrans

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
итпик [+]

noun    eurasian hoopoe

Scientific name: Upupa epops

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чылындык [+]

noun    Eurasian wryneck

Scientific name: Jynx torquilla

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
бала-согааш [+]

[ bala-sogaaš ]

n.    mortar and pestle

Source: First edition

сүүр думчуктуг пага [+]

noun    moor frog

Scientific name: Rana arvalis

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


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
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
быштак [+]

[ byštak ]

n.    cheese curd (wet)

Source: First edition

аңгыр [+]

noun    shelducks

Scientific name: Tadorna

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
шоваажык [+]

noun    Asian rosy finch

Scientific name: Leucosticte arctoa

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
каас-ала [+]

noun phrase    common goldeneye

Scientific name: Bucephala clangula

Example: Photo by Doug Greenberg / Flickr, License: CC-BY-NC-ND via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • bird
эжик [+]

[ ežik ]

n.    gate

Source: First edition

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
эдиске, сывыткы [+]

noun    bohemian waxwing

Scientific name: Bombycilla garrulus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сайлык [+]

noun    wagtail

Scientific name: Motacilla

Example: Photo by gonkem1986 / 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
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
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
кызыл моюннуг айлаң-кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    siberian rubythroat

Scientific name: Luscinia calliope

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
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
кыс [+]

[ kys ]

n.    girl, female, daughter

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • kinship
эзер [+]

[ ezer ]

n.    saddle

Source: First edition

сарлык [+]

[ sarlyk ]

n.    yak

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • animal
хам [+]

[ kham ]

n.    shaman, shamaness

Source: First edition

бора хөкпеш [+]

noun    house sparrow

Scientific name: Passer domesticus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
агаар-медээчизи (мэдээчи) [+]

noun phrase    common chaffinch

Scientific name: Fringilla coelebs

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кызыл дилги [+]

noun    red fox

Scientific name: Vulpes vulpes

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
дүңгүр [+]

noun    shaman’s drum

Source: Simchit 2010, page 35


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
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
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
cаттың сулажызы [+]

noun phrase    ortolan

Scientific name: Emberiza hortulana

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ак-кускун [+]

noun phrase    seagull

Scientific name: Laridae

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
көк айлаң-кушкаш [+]

noun phrase    siberian blue robin

Scientific name: Luscinia cyane

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кояаргак [+]

noun    European goldfinch

Scientific name: Carduelis carduelis

Example: Photo by alzov / 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
сиргей [+]

noun    garganey

Scientific name: Spatula querquedula

Example: Photo by aquacielo / 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
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
сандай [+]

[ sandaj ]

n.    chair, stool, bench

Source: First edition

чөвүрээ [+]

[ čövüree ]

n.    bark

Source: First edition

чыландык [+]

noun    Eurasian wryneck

Scientific name: Jynx torquilla

Example: Photo by deniszhbir / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA 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
даг казы [+]

noun phrase    bar-headed goose

Scientific name: Anser indicus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
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
саржаг [+]

[ saržag ]

n.    congealed (yellow) butter

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • color
селеске [+]

noun    Siberian slamander

Scientific name: Salamandrella keyserlingii

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


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
кочал [+]

[ kočal ]

n.    bucket

Source: First edition

торга [+]

noun    woodpecker

Scientific name: Picidae

Example: Photo by evgen_gu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC 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
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
шиижекчигеш [+]

noun    goldcrest

Scientific name: Regulus regulus

Example: Photo by vorden / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC 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
дээрбедээр [+]

[ deerbedeer ]

v.    grind grain with millstone

Source: First edition

дылбый (дылбыш) [+]

noun    common snipe

Scientific name: Gallinago gallinago

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
кадарчы [+]

[ kadarčy ]

n.    herder

Source: First edition

чыккылаа [+]

noun    Northern wheatear

Scientific name: Oenanthe oenanthe

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хана [+]

[ khana ]

n.    wall (of yurt)

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • yurt
дуюг [+]

[ dujug ]

n.    hoof

Source: First edition

тос-карак [+]

[ 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


Semantic domains:

  • food
  • religion
быра [+]

noun    Pallas’s sandgrouse

Scientific name: Syrrhaptes paradoxus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
бургураа [+]

noun    bittern

Scientific name: Botaurinae

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
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
шагар чылан [+]

noun    adder

Scientific name: Vipera berus

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


Semantic domains:

  • reptile
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
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
богаалыг сулажы [+]

noun phrase    yellow-breasted bunting

Scientific name: Emberiza aureola

Example: Photo by aquacielo / 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
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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About the Dictionary  

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

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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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