Tungid

See also: tungid

English

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Tungus, people native to Northeastern Asia and Siberia.

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^[1], 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

• Sinid
• Tungusic