Tungus
See also: tungus
English
Alternative forms
- Tungoose (dated)
Etymology
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
Noun
Tungus (plural Tunguses)
- A member of any Tungusic people.
Proper noun
Tungus
References
- ^ 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.
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