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Tuvan talking dictionary

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Talking Dictionary™

version 3.0, 07.2020

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

[ pressa, parlalga ]

n.    press

Source: First edition

саар [+]

[ saar ]

v.    milk

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • food
сааскан [+]

noun    eurasian magpie

Scientific name: Pica pica

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA 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
сайжы [+]

noun    plover

Scientific name: Charadrius

Example: Photo by stanley_77 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-ND 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
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
сандай [+]

[ sandaj ]

n.    chair, stool, bench

Source: First edition

сапык [+]

[ sapyk ]

n.    boot

Source: First edition

саржаг [+]

[ saržag ]

n.    congealed (yellow) butter

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • color
сарлык [+]

[ sarlyk ]

n.    yak

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • animal
селеске [+]

noun    Siberian slamander

Scientific name: Salamandrella keyserlingii

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


Semantic domains:

  • amphibian
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
сиргей [+]

noun    garganey

Scientific name: Spatula querquedula

Example: Photo by aquacielo / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC 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
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
сояр [+]

[ sojar ]

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

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

сулажы [+]

noun    yellowhammer

Scientific name: Emberiza citrinella

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
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
сыгырга (баар сарыг) [+]

noun    eurasian golden oriole

Scientific name: Oriolus oriolus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
сыйтылаар [+]

noun    swift

Scientific name: Apodidae

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
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
таан [+]

noun    western jackdaw

Scientific name: Coloeus monedula

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
тарбаган, сурок [+]

[ tarbagan, surok ]

n.    marmot

Source: First edition

те [+]

noun    Siberian ibex

Scientific name: Capra sibirica

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
тогдук [+]

noun    great bustard

Scientific name: Otis tarda

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
торга [+]

noun    woodpecker

Scientific name: Picidae

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
тос [+]

[ tos ]

n.    birch, birchbark used for kindling

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
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
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
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
уруг [+]

[ urug ]

n.    girl

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

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
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
үгүлер аймаа [+]

noun phrase    owls

Scientific name: Strigiformes

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хам [+]

[ kham ]

n.    shaman, shamaness

Source: First edition

хамнаарак [+]

noun    lark

Scientific name: Alaudidae

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хана [+]

[ khana ]

n.    wall (of yurt)

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • yurt
хараалчыгай [+]

noun    swallow

Scientific name: Hirundinidae

Example: Photo by evgenyboginsky / 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
ховаган (общее название) [+]

noun    map butterfly

Scientific name: Araschnia levana

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


Semantic domains:

  • insect
хову шаңгыры [+]

noun phrase    kestrel

Scientific name: Falco

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
хөнек [+]

[ khönek ]

n.    teapot

Source: First edition

хөөрүк [+]

noun    Siberian chipmunk

Scientific name: Eutamias sibiricus

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
хуваанак [+]

[ khuvaanak ]

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

Source: First edition

чазаар [+]

[ čazaar ]

v.    castrate

Source: First edition

чашкаадай [+]

noun    Isabelline wheatear

Scientific name: Oenanthe isabellina

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
чаъскы [+]

noun    bat

Scientific name: Chiroptera

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


Semantic domains:

  • mammal
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
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
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
чөвүрээ [+]

[ čövüree ]

n.    bark

Source: First edition

чүген [+]

[ čügen ]

n.    bridle

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
чыландык [+]

noun    Eurasian wryneck

Scientific name: Jynx torquilla

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

noun phrase    mallard

Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos

Example: Photo by janems / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA 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
шагар чылан [+]

noun    adder

Scientific name: Vipera berus

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


Semantic domains:

  • reptile
шакпас чылан [+]

noun    grass snake

Scientific name: Natrix natrix

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


Semantic domains:

  • reptile
шаңгыр [+]

noun    peregrine falcon

Scientific name: Falco peregrinus

Example: Photo by dmitrydubikovskiy / 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
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
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
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
шыйлашкын [+]

noun    earthworm

Scientific name: Lumbricus terrestris

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


Semantic domains:

  • worm
шырга [+]

noun    scraper


Semantic domains:

  • religion
  • transport
ыйбааңгы [+]

noun    Eurasian eagle-owl

Scientific name: Bubo bubo

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
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
ырыксыс [+]

noun    grebe

Scientific name: Podicipediformes

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
ыт [+]

[ yt ]

n.    dog

Source: First edition


Semantic domains:

  • animal
ыяш [+]

[ yjaš ]

n.    wood

Source: First edition

эдиске, сывыткы [+]

noun    bohemian waxwing

Scientific name: Bombycilla garrulus

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


Semantic domains:

  • bird
эжик [+]

[ ežik ]

n.    gate

Source: First edition

эзер [+]

[ ezer ]

n.    saddle

Source: First edition

эзир [+]

noun    eagle

Scientific name: Aquila

Example: Photo by aquacielo / 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
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
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
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

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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