Tungid

See also: tungid

English

Etymology

Noun

Tungid (plural Tungids)

  1. An individual of a people of Inner Mongolia and parts of Siberia.
    • 1964, Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge, Volume 2, page 264,
      The Mongolid (Tungid and north Sinid) strain of the prehistoric Japanese must, to a large extent, be attributed to arrivals from Korea by way of the Tsushima straits, attested to by finds of clay vessels with pointed bottoms and with roller-stamped décor such as were made at Sobatu (north Kyushu).
    • 1969, Asian Folklore Institute, Asian Folklore Studies, Volumes 28-30, page 69,
      It is also presumable that the Tungids, who had some contact with the Proto-Chinese, might have adopted the plank-type sled of the latter which could replace their own, which was probably a bark sled.
    • 1998, R. Weerakoon, Mythology & the Early Asian State, page 137:
      The Yayoi are believed to be of Tungid stock and it is possible that northern mythology percolated to them in the regions of their origin.

Hypernyms

  • (individual of Inner Mongolia): Mongolid

See also

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