name
Meaning 1
The Evenki language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, obsolete, possibly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Tungus
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/ˈtʊŋɡʊs/
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/ˈtʊŋɡuːs/
noun
Meaning 2
A member of any Tungusic people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tunguz, Evenki, Ewenki
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Tungusic, Tungusic language
noun
Meaning 4
a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Evenk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Tungusic
History
Etymology
From Russian тунгус (tungus), * supposedly deriving from donki, a self-designation of certain Siberian groups, or alternatively from a Yakut name for the Evenki. * Or, of East Turkic origin, from tunguz (“wild boar, pig”), from Old Turkic [script needed] (tonguz), from Proto-Turkic *toŋuz. * A controversial theory further connects the word with Chinese 東胡 /东胡 (Dōnghú, “Donghu”, literally “Eastern barbarians”), an ancient people of North China. More at Tungusic.