тарвага

From Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan, compare Mongghul tarbugha.

Sometimes connected with Ulch, Nanai тарга (“beaver”), which themselves may be compared with Nivkh тʼаӻр (tʼaꜧ̇r, “chipmunk”).

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /tʰarwəɢ/, [ˈtʰarw̜ɐq]

тарвага • (tarvaga) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (tarbaɣ-a)); (hidden-n declension )

1. marmot, tarbagan
2. (in compounds) small

   Synonyms: жижиг (žižig), бага (baga)

• нагай (nagaj, “female marmot”)
• бурхи (burhi, “male marmot”)
• мөндөл (möndöl, “marmot cub”)
• готил (gotil, “two year old marmot”)

• 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”)