Tungus

noun

Tun·​gus tu̇ŋ-ˈgüz 

tən-

plural Tungus or Tunguses

1

: a member of an Indigenous people of central and southeastern Siberia

2

: the Tungusic language of the Tungus people

Examples of Tungus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its subject was shamanism among the Reindeer Tungus, a collective of reindeer-herding peoples Indigenous to sub-Arctic Asia and better known today as the Evenki. — Naï Zakharia, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Russian

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Tungus

• fungous
• fungus