тарвага
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan, compare Mongghul tarbugha.
Sometimes connected with Ulch, Nanai тарга (“beaver”), which themselves may be compared with Nivkh тʼаӻр (tʼaꜧ̇r, “chipmunk”).
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /tʰarwəɢ/, [ˈtʰarw̜ɐq]
Noun
тарвага • (tarvaga) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭᠠ (tarbaɣ-a)); (hidden-n declension )
- marmot, tarbagan
- (in compounds) small
- Synonyms: жижиг (žižig), бага (baga)
Hyponyms
- нагай (nagaj, “female marmot”)
- бурхи (burhi, “male marmot”)
- мөндөл (möndöl, “marmot cub”)
- готил (gotil, “two year old marmot”)
Derived terms
- тарвагалах (tarvagalah, “to hunt marmots”)
- тарвагачин (tarvagačin, “marmot-hunter”)
- тарвагачлах (tarvagačlah, “to hunt marmots”)
- чоно тарвагацах (čono tarvagatsah, “to play wolf and marmot, a traditional children's game”)