TUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tungus mean? 

• TUNGUS (noun)
  The noun TUNGUS has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu

2. the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia

  Familiarity information: TUNGUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Evenk; Tungus

Hypernyms ("Tungus" is a kind of...):

Tungusic (any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Evenki; Ewenki; Tungus; Tunguz

Hypernyms ("Tungus" is a kind of...):

Tungusic; Tungusic language (a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas)