Tungid
See also: tungid
English
Etymology
Noun
Tungid (plural Tungids)
- 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.
- 1964, Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge, Volume 2, page 264,
Hypernyms
- (individual of Inner Mongolia): Mongolid
See also
- Sinid
- Tungusic
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