tungus

Noun tungus has 2 senses

• tungus(n = noun.person) evenk - a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu;
is a kind of tungusic

• tungus(n = noun.communication) evenki, ewenki, tunguz - the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia;
is a kind of tungusic, tungusic language