Tungus
Americannoun
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a member of a formerly nomadic Mongoloid people of E Siberia
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Also called: Evenki. the language of this people, belonging to the Tungusic branch of the Altaic family
Etymology
Origin of Tungus
1620–30; ≪ Russian tungús, probably < Tatar, a formation with the Turkic suffix *-guz, used in ethnic names; identity of 1st element obscure
Example Sentences
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The Tunguses consider the after-birth cooked or roasted as a great delicacy.
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The most numerous are the Buriats, Tungus, and Kalmuks, who lead nomadic lives, and for occupation rear their herds, hunt, and fish.
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Reasons have already been advanced for supposing that the Chukchi were a Tungus people who came originally from the Amur basin.
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I also did not see the 'demons,'—the dry Tungus corpses.
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There are Tunguses—they are all over Siberia.
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