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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.