Associations to the word «Tungus»

Wiktionary

TUNGUS, noun. Any member of a group of roving Turanian tribes in Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley, who speak Tungusic languages.
TUNGUS, proper noun. (dated) (possibly obsolete) The Evenki language.

Dictionary definition

TUNGUS, 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.
TUNGUS, noun. The Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia.

Wise words

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