Tungus

See also: tungus

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Tungoose (dated)

Etymology edit

From Russian тунгус (tungus), supposedly deriving from donki, a self-designation of certain Siberian groups, or alternatively from a Yakut name for the Evenki. ^[1] Or, of East Turkic origin, from tunguz (“wild boar, pig”), from Old Turkic [script needed] (tonguz), from Proto-Turkic *toŋuz.^[2] More at Tungusic.

A controversial theory further connects the word with Chinese 東胡／东胡 (Dōnghú, “Donghu”, literally “Eastern barbarians”), an ancient people of North China.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtʊŋɡʊs/, /ˈtʊŋɡuːs/

Noun edit

Tungus (plural Tunguses)

A member of any Tungusic people.

Proper noun edit

Tungus

(dated, possibly obsolete) The Evenki language.

References edit

^ New Light on the Origins of the Manchus, Pei Huang, 1990
^ “Tungus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams edit

unguts

[1] New Light on the Origins of the Manchus, Pei Huang, 1990

[2] “Tungus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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