Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of a race of eastern Siberia related to the Manchus.
  • noun The language of this race.

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  • noun Any of a group of roving Turanian tribes in Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley, who speak Tungusic languages.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia
  • noun a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Russian, from East Turkic tunguz, wild pig, boar, from Old Turkic tonguz.]

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Examples

  • We're also supposed to believe that **-pkun is a magical suffix in Proto-Tungus-Manchu that just happened to show up to confound the non-Starostinian linguist.

    How to make a mockery of Proto-Japanese 2010

  • None of the Native American practices are quite like the practices of the people of Tungus; it might have been better to stick with the earlier translations- medicine man or witch doctor.

    Video Resource on Cultural Misappropriation Steve Caldwell 2008

  • Yesterday, not knowing, because my colleague Yuri Leving had asked me for information on Western reactions and possible SF references to the Tungus meteor/comet strike in Siberia, I sought out and viewed Sir Arthur's TV broadcast from 1980 on the subject.

    : The Official Movie Blog: Le Morte d'Arthur James Sposto 2008

  • The process of interaction with the local tribes created a new Tungus-language society (Mukri).

    Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation 2008

  • Further influence from ancient Turk and Mongol peoples resulted in the formation of the modern ethnic groups of the southern Tungus language group, namely Manchurians, Udege, Orochi, Nanai and Ulchi.

    Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation 2008

  • To the Udege and the other Tungus tribes, Amba was a powerful and sacred spirit, almost a god, to be revered and under no circumstances to be harmed.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • Before that, it was under (Tungus) Khitan Khanate (aka Western Liao).

    Archive 2006-01-01 Sun Bin 2006

  • Before that, it was under (Tungus) Khitan Khanate (aka Western Liao).

    China Threat and China's "intention" Sun Bin 2006

  • I've also wondered whether the Mongol-Turk-Tungus triptych is the same kind of thing, especially because the Tungus languages are spoken by so few.

    languagehat.com: LOWLANDS LANGUAGES. 2004

  • Stanovoi-Chebret, where a single Tungus family constitutes the sole population along a river of 300 versts; in the west on the desolate heights of the Viluj, near the great Zeresej Lake; in the north at the mysterious outlets of the Quabrera, the desert places of the Olensk,

    Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke

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