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Tun·gus T0412700 (to͝ong-go͞oz′, tŭn-)n. pl. Tungus or Tun·gus·es See Evenki. [Russian, from East Turkic tunguz, wild pig, boar, from Old Turkic tonguz.]Tungus (ˈtʊŋɡʊs) npl -guses or -gus1. (Peoples) a member of a formerly nomadic Mongoloid people of E Siberia2. (Languages) Also called: Evenki the language of this people, belonging to the Tungusic branch of the Altaic familyTun•gus (tʊŋˈguz) n., pl. -gus•es, (esp. collectively) -gus. 1. Evenki. 2. a member of any Tungusic-speaking people. 3. Tungusic. [1620–30; « Russian tungús, probably < Tatar] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Tungus - a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the ManchuEvenkTungusic - any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family | | 2. | Tungus - the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern SiberiaTunguz, Evenki, EwenkiTungusic language, Tungusic - a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas | TranslationsTungusenUK
Tungus (to͝onko͝oz`), Siberian ethnic group, numbering perhaps 30,000. They are subdivided into the Evenki, who live in the area from the Yenisei and Ob river basins to the Pacific Ocean and from the Amur River to the Arctic Ocean, and the Lamut, who live on the coast of the Okhotsk Sea. The Tungus are closely related to the Manchus. Before they were brought under Soviet control, the Tungus practiced a shamanistic religion. The Tungus, or Tunguzic, languages are a division of the Altaic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languagesUralic and Altaic languages , two groups of related languages thought by many scholars to form a single Ural-Altaic linguistic family. However, other authorities hold that the Uralic and Altaic groups constitute two unconnected and separate language families. ..... Click the link for more information. ) that includes the Manchu literary language; they may be related to the Mongolic and Turkic families. Bibliography See I. Lissner, Man, God, and Magic (tr. 1961). TungusenUK Related to Tungus: TunguskaSynonyms for Tungusnoun a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern SiberiaSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern SiberiaSynonymsRelated Words- Tungusic language
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