TUNGUSIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tungusic mean? 

• TUNGUSIC (noun)
  The noun TUNGUSIC has 2 senses:

1. any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family

2. a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas

  Familiarity information: TUNGUSIC used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNGUSIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tungusic" is a kind of...):

Altaic (any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Tungusic"):

Evenk; Tungus (a member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu)

Manchu (a member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Tungusic; Tungusic language

Hypernyms ("Tungusic" is a kind of...):

Altaic; Altaic language (a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Tungusic"):

Evenki; Ewenki; Tungus; Tunguz (the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia)

Manchu (the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu)