Tuvan English

[ovaa] n. sacred site

Source: First edition

[ovaa] n. sacred site, often marked with a rock cairn or ribbons tied to a tree

Source: First edition

verbal phrase worshipping to the spirits of a sacred site

Source: Dongak 2018, page 33,

verbal phrase worship the sacred site

Source: Dongak 2018, page 36,

noun phrase navel of ovaa (of sacred site)

Source: Dongak 2018, page 37,

[ovaarymčalyg] a. careful

Source: First edition

[ovaarymčalyg (kičeengejlig) bolur] phr. v. watch out

Speaker: Sasha

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

noun phrase one of the names of shaman-first ancestor

Source: Simchit 2010, page 35,

noun my son, my grandson

noun phrase grandson (son of son)

[oglunuŋ oglu/uruu, oglunuŋ uruu] n. grandchild

Source: First edition

noun phrase great grandson (son of son’s son)

noun phrase great granddaughter (daughter of son’s son)

noun phrase granddaughter (daughter of son)

[oglunuŋoglu/uruu] n. grandchild

Source: First edition

[ogurets] n. cucumber

Source: First edition

[odar] n. pasture

Source: First edition

[odar-(belčiir)] n. pasture

Source: First edition

[odarladyr] v. pasture, shepherd

Source: First edition

[odurar] v. chop (down)

Source: First edition

[odurug] n. row

Source: First edition

noun phrase shaman-herbalist

Source: Simchit 2010, page 23,

[ozalaaš] a. alone

Source: First edition

[ozaldaan] a. late

Source: First edition

[ozaldaary] n. delay, be late

Source: First edition

[ozaldaary] n. delay

Source: First edition

[ozuk] n. hoe

Source: First edition

[ozuktaar] v. hoe

Source: First edition

[oj] n. anniversary

Source: First edition

[oj] n. meadow

Speaker: df

[ojbak] n. hole

Source: First edition

[ojla-] v. (stem) chase away

Speaker: df

[ojlu beer] v. itr. break through

Source: First edition

[ojnaar] v. play

Source: First edition

[ojnaarak] n. toy

Source: First edition

[ojnakčy] n. player

Speaker: Sasha

[ojtalaar] v. refuse, decline

Source: First edition

[ojtalaar] v. abstain

Source: First edition

[ojtalaar] v. deny

Source: First edition

[ojtalaar, ynavas] v. deny

Source: First edition

noun festivities for youth after harvesting (holiday)

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

[okean] n. ocean

Source: First edition

[oktaar] v. throw, throw away, take down (wrestling), push

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[oktaar] v. cast

Speaker: Sasha

[oktaar] v. toss

Speaker: Sasha

[oktargaj] n. universe, world

Source: First edition

[oktargaj] n. space, universe, world

Source: First edition

noun phrase shaman of cosmic origin

Source: Simchit 2010, page 87,

[oktargaj, kosmos, büdümel] n. space, universe

Source: First edition

[oktjabr’] n. October

Source: First edition

[oktjabr’, on aj] n. October

Source: First edition

[ol] pro. he, she, it, that, this, these

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[ol üjeden] adv. since, since then

Source: First edition

[ol üjeden] adv. since, since then, from that time on

Source: First edition

[ol khire] a. such

Source: First edition

[ol khire] adv. about (e.g., approximately), this much

Source: First edition

[ol khire] adv. about (e.g., approximately)

Source: First edition

[ol-la doraan] adj. immediate

Speaker: Sasha

[olar] pro. they

Source: First edition

[oliva] n. olive

Source: First edition

[olur] v. sit

Source: First edition, Speaker: First edition, df

[olurar] phr. v. sit down

Speaker: Sasha

[olurar čer, sandaj] n. seat

Speaker: Sasha

[olurtur] v. plant

Source: First edition

[olut] n. place (for sitting)

Source: First edition

[olča] n. game (proceeds of hunting)

Source: First edition

[olča] n. prey

Source: First edition

[olča] n. prey, game, catch, (shared) proceeds of hunting

Source: First edition

[olča] n. luck

Source: First edition

[olchaan] a. similar

Speaker: df

[omaaš] n. spoon

Source: First edition

[omak-sergek, eki čüvege büzüreer] adj. optimistic

Speaker: Sasha

[omonim] n. homonym

Source: First edition

[on] num. ten

Source: First edition

[on aj] n. October

Source: First edition

[on aldy] num. sixteen

Source: First edition

[on beš] num. fifteen

Source: First edition

[on bir] num. eleven

Source: First edition

[on bir aj] n. November

Source: First edition

[on bir aj, nojabr’] n. November

Source: First edition

[on dört] num. fourteen

Source: First edition

[on iji] num. twelve

Source: First edition

[on iji aj] n. December

Source: First edition

[on ses] num. eighteen

Source: First edition

[on tos] num. nineteen

Source: First edition

[on üš] num. thirteen

Source: First edition

[on üštan on tos kharga čedir kiži] adj. teen

Speaker: Sasha

[on čedi] num. seventeen

Source: First edition

[on čyl] n. decade

Speaker: Sasha

[onaalga] n. lesson

Source: First edition

[onaalga] n. lesson, assignment

Source: First edition

[onaarynyŋ padeži] n. accusative

Source: First edition

[onaarynyŋpadeži] n. accusative

Source: First edition

noun grave (literally hole)

noun name of a shaman’s fetish (used by Mongolian Tuvans)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 71,

[onza] adj. crucial

Speaker: Sasha

[onza] adj. outstanding

Speaker: Sasha

[onza] a. particular

Source: First edition