Seasonal dwelling site and pasture
Landscape, weather, and astronomical phenomena
Mountain and valley
Rivers and lakes
Forests, plains, and roads
Weather
Celestial bodies
Plants and animals
Trees and shrubs (woody plants)
Grasses and herbs (herbaceous plants)
Fungi
Wild herbivore animals
Wild carnivores
Birds
Insects
Expressions for livestock
General terms for livestock
Yak
Sheep
Goat
Horse
Crossbreed between a stud bull and a female yak
Crossbreed between a breeding donkey and a mare (mule)
Dog
Herding operations
Herding
Herders
Tools for herding
Troubles during herding
Behavior of livestock
Individual livestock management
Livestock body parts
Livestock health
Grouping of livestock
Characteristics of livestock (yaks)
Characteristics of livestock (sheep and goats)
Characteristics of livestock (horses)
Livestock administration
Mating, delivery, and castration
Being in heat and mating
Giving birth
Castration
Milking and milk processing
Milking
Milk and raw milk
Yoghurt
Butter
Buttermilk
Cheese
Whey
Slaughtering and butchering
Slaughtering
Dividing meat into parts
Meat processing and body parts
Meat
Internal organs
Terms for meat and bone parts
Animal dung
Hair and skin
Hair
Thread spinning
Loom and weaving
Skin
Tanning
Use of draft animals
Draft animals
Equipment for using yaks as draft animals
Horse tack
Food culture
Daily meals
Foodstuffs
Cooking and processing
Eating and drinking
Food and dishes
Drink/beverage
Clothing culture
Robes and clothes
Sheepskin robes
Lambskin robes
Shoes
Personal ornaments
Hairstyles
Dwelling culture
Tents
Houses
Stoves
Daily activities and equipment
Daily work
Cooking equipment
Cleaning
Sewing
Tools and equipment
Bags
Ropes and strings
Fabrics
Hunting and battle
Smoking
Life cycle
Human body parts
Verbs
Adjectival nouns
Calendar, scales, and measures
Calendar
Time and time of day
Scales and measures
Human relationships
Family, relatives, and social community
Kinship terms
Occupations and roles
Other attributes
Human relationships
Economic activities
Ceremonial events
Marriage
Funeral
New Year
Recreation
Religious ideology
Gods and deities
Spirits
Religious acts
Spells and magic rituals
Sparing a life
Incense offering
Religious existence
Livestock as offerings
Items for rituals and magic rites
Offerings
Religious sites and buildings
New policies, technologies, and tools
New policies and civil movements
New techniques
New tools and facilities
This is a web-based version of a dictionary with about 4,900 entries that comprehensively collects and records folk vocabulary used in daily life of yaks and sheep herders in the Amdo region of Tibet. The pilot version was released in March 2018, and after revisions were made, it was relaunched in May 2022 with enhanced functions as a classification dictionary. (Click here for details.)
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