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tungus

/ˈtʊŋɡʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
tun-gus
IPA
/ˈtʊŋɡʊs/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of any Tungusic people.

name

The Evenki language.

Dated; Obsolete

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. * Or, of East Turkic origin, from tunguz (“wild boar, pig”), from Old Turkic [script needed] (tonguz), from Proto-Turkic *toŋuz. * A controversial theory further connects the word with Chinese 東胡 /东胡 (Dōnghú, “Donghu”, literally “Eastern barbarians”), an ancient people of North China. More at Tungusic.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: тунгус, -, *toŋuz, 東胡

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tunguses (plural) Tungoose (alternative) Toongoose (alternative)

Derived Forms

Tungusian Tungusic Tungusology

Synonyms

tunguz evenki ewenki ewenki language evenki language tungus language tunguz language evenk

Questions

How do you pronounce tungus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʊŋɡʊs/.
What does tungus mean?
A member of any Tungusic people.
Where does tungus come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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