Tungus
/ˈtʊŋɡʊs/
词源链
- 英语English
Tungus
词源说明
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.
释义
名词noun
- 1A member of any Tungusic people.
专有名词proper noun
- 1dated, possibly obsoleteThe Evenki language.