LEXICAL-SEMANTIC GROUP OF NAMES IN THE TUVAN LANGUAGE
The article is research on nicknames, which are the least studied problems in the anthropological system of the Tuva language. In ancient times, in everyday life the Tuva people is used mostly nicknames. Official names and documentary appeared during the period of passport registration in 40s of 20 century. In Tuvan linguistics there are no works dedicated to a comprehensive study of nicknames, which would give valuable information about the history of unofficial name of the person, but about the motivation of his appearance. The article presents the main lexical-semantic groups of the Tuvan nicknames that functioned in old times and are used at the present time.