Tuvan English

[onza bajdal] n. emergency

Speaker: Sasha

[onza, kajgamčyktyg, magalyg] adj. notable

Speaker: Sasha

[onza, onza(gaj)] a. particular

Source: First edition

[onza(gaj)] a. particular

Source: First edition

[onza[gaj] čüülü; onzagaj šynar] n. feature

Speaker: Sasha

[onzagaj] adj. peculiar

Speaker: Sasha

[onzagaj tavarylga] n. exception

Source: First edition

[onzagaj čüülderlig, kajgamčyktyg, eldepejlig, ekzotiktig] adj. exotic

Speaker: Sasha

[onzalap demdegleer] v. emphasize

Speaker: Sasha

[onu] pro. them

Speaker: df

[onu] pro. that

Speaker: df

[oŋ] a. right

Source: First edition

[oŋ] a. right, right-hand

Source: First edition

[oŋ] adv. rightwards, to the right

Source: First edition

[oŋar] v. fade

Source: First edition

[oŋar, oŋa beer] v. fade

Source: First edition

[oŋgaštaar] v. hollow out

Source: First edition

noun loon

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Scientific name: Gavia

[oo] disc. Discourse marker

Source: First edition

[oo] disc. Ritual discourse marker found in tales

Source: First edition

[oo] disc. Discourse marker, adds emphasis to preceding sentence/phrase

Source: First edition

[oog] n. shot

Speaker: df

[ooda] adv. at least

Source: First edition

[oožukturar] v. calm

Source: First edition

[oožukturar, oožurgadyr] v. calm

Source: First edition

[oožum] a. quiet

Source: First edition

[oožum] a. slow, quiet

Source: First edition

[oožum] a. slow, quiet, calm

Source: First edition

[oožum khödelir] v. crawl, act slowly

Source: First edition

[oožum šimčeer] v. crawl, move slowly

Source: First edition

[oožum šimčeer, khödelir] v. crawl

Source: First edition

[oožum, tajbyŋ] a. calm

Source: First edition

[oožurgaar] v. quiet, be quiet

Source: First edition

[oožurgaar] phr. v. come down

Speaker: Sasha

[oožurgaar, dalašpas] phr. v. slow down

Speaker: Sasha

[oožurgadyr] v. calm

Source: First edition

noun son, boy, shaman related to shaman-first ancestor

Source: Simchit 2010, page 36,

noun boy, young fellow, pawn (in chess)

[ool (oglu)] n. boy, son

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

noun younger brother

[ool, oolak, er] n. guy

Speaker: Sasha

[oon] c. or

Speaker: df

[oon aŋgyda] p. besides

Source: First edition

[oon beer] phrase since, since then

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[oon soonda] p. then, afterwards

Source: First edition

[oon tura] c. since then

Source: First edition

[oon, ooŋ] a. this, that

Speaker: df

[ooŋ kyrynda] adj. extra

Speaker: Sasha

[ooŋ soonda] p. then, afterwards

Source: First edition

[ooŋ užun, ooŋ užurunda] c. why, that’s why, because of

Source: First edition

[ooŋ užurunda, mooŋ užurunda] a. therefore

Source: First edition

[ooŋužun] c. why, that’s why, because of

Source: First edition

[ooŋužurunda] a. therefore

Source: First edition

[oor] n. thief

Source: First edition

[oor] n. thief, burglar

Source: First edition

[oor, ooržu kiži] n. burglar

Source: First edition

[oorga] n. back

Source: First edition

[oorga] n. spine, back

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[oorgalyg sandaj] n. chair

Source: First edition

[ooržu kiži] n. burglar

Source: First edition

[ooržurgaar] v. quiet, calm (down)

Source: First edition

[oorlaar] v. steal, rob

Source: First edition

[oorlaar, oorlap alyr, tonaar] v. steal

Source: First edition

[opera (r)] n. opera

Speaker: Sasha

[ora tyrtar] v. rip

Speaker: Sasha

[ora-soma] n. ghost

Source: First edition

noun name of a kind of surreal creature

Source: Simchit 2010, page 137,

[oraar] v. wrap

Source: First edition

[oraar] phr. v. wrap up

Speaker: Sasha

[oraj üje] n. late time

Source: First edition

[oraj üje, orajtaar] a. late

Source: First edition

[orajtaan üje] n. late time

Source: First edition

[orajtaar] v. be late, stay out late

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[oraldažyr] a. ambitious

Source: First edition

[oraldažyr] v. try, persevere

Source: First edition

[oraldažyry] v. attempt

Source: First edition

[oraldažyyškyn] n. attempt

Source: First edition

[oran] n. country

Source: First edition

[oran] n. world

Source: First edition

[oran] n. country, land, world, universe

Source: First edition

noun universe

noun phrase a version of the name of the middle world

Source: Simchit 2010, page 92,

noun phrase spirit - the master of the location

Source: Simchit 2010, page 82,

noun phrase (pl) spirits, masters of the location in plural

Source: Simchit 2010, page 82,

noun phrase collective name of the universe in Tuvan cosmology

Source: Simchit 2010, page 79,

noun phrase spitit-the lord of the universe

Source: Simchit 2010, page 82,

noun phrase a version of the name of the middle world, where the Tuvans live

Source: Simchit 2010, page 92,

[orar] v. itr. break through, make hole

Source: First edition

[orar] phr. v. tear up

Speaker: Sasha

[orar, čazarlaar] phr. v. tear apart

Speaker: Sasha

[orba] n. drumstick and rattle (shaman’s)

Source: First edition

noun, adj a methaphorical (euphemistic) name for a shaman (literally "with the drum-beater")

Source: Simchit 2010, page 24,

noun ginseng - flint of the sky king Kurbustu

Source: Simchit 2010, page 105,

[organizatsija (r)] n. organization

Speaker: Sasha

[orgu] a. smooth

Source: First edition

[orgu čer] n. plain

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[orgu eves] a. rough

Source: First edition

[orgu-] v. (stem) spread out

Speaker: df

[orgulaaš] n. plain

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[ordu] n. palace

Source: First edition