On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Evenki. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as oriental or tungusic and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Evenki meaning
A Tungusic language spoken in Russia, Mongolia and China.
Using Evenki
- The main meaning on this page is: A Tungusic language spoken in Russia, Mongolia and China.
- Useful related words include: ewenki, oriental, oriental person, tungus.
- In the example corpus, evenki often appears in combinations such as: the evenki, evenki reindeer, evenki people.
Context around Evenki
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Evenki
- In this selection, "evenki" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, amongst, nomadic, traditional, reindeer, people and hunters stand out and add context to how "evenki" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include century the evenki people maintain and exploited the evenki clan hierarchy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "evenki" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with evenki
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hunting The traditional Evenki economy was a mix of pastoralism (of horses or reindeer), fishing, and hunting. (17 words)
There are few sources on the shamanism of the Evenki peoples below the Amur/Helongkiang river in Northern China. (19 words)
Although nominally Christianized in the 18th century, the Evenki people maintain many of their historical beliefs—especially shamanism (Vasilevich, 624). (20 words)
When the People's Republic of China was formed in 1949 and the border with Russian Siberia was formally sealed, many nomadic Tungus groups (including the Evenki) that practiced shamanism were confined in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. (37 words)
Assyrian American who grew up on a farm in Idaho, spent time riding freight trains across the USA, lived for many years in Russia including several amongst Evenki reindeer herders in Northern Siberia. (33 words)
In his bio on History, he recalled falling through the frozen water in winter and surviving, and forging an existence with nomadic Evenki reindeer herders deep in the taiga. (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
Assyrian American who grew up on a farm in Idaho, spent time riding freight trains across the USA, lived for many years in Russia including several amongst Evenki reindeer herders in Northern Siberia.
In his bio on History, he recalled falling through the frozen water in winter and surviving, and forging an existence with nomadic Evenki reindeer herders deep in the taiga.
Although nominally Christianized in the 18th century, the Evenki people maintain many of their historical beliefs—especially shamanism (Vasilevich, 624).
Hunting The traditional Evenki economy was a mix of pastoralism (of horses or reindeer), fishing, and hunting.
Photograph from Kulik's 1929 expedition taken near the Hushmo river Upon arrival, Kulik made arrangements with the local Evenki hunters to guide his party to the impact site.
The Cossacks exploited the Evenki clan hierarchy and took hostages from the highest members in order to ensure payment of the tax.
The Evenki, like most nomadic, pastoral, and subsistence agrarian peoples, spend most of their lives in very close contact with nature.
The Evenki people did not eat their domesticated reindeer (although they did hunt and eat wild reindeer) but kept them for milk.
The Evenki traditional costume always consisted of these elements: the loincloth made of animal hide, leggings, and boots of varying lengths (Vasilevich, 641).
There are few sources on the shamanism of the Evenki peoples below the Amur/Helongkiang river in Northern China.
Upon reaching an area just south of the site, the superstitious Evenki hunters would go no farther, fearing what they called the Valleymen.
When the People's Republic of China was formed in 1949 and the border with Russian Siberia was formally sealed, many nomadic Tungus groups (including the Evenki) that practiced shamanism were confined in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia.
Common combinations with evenki
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: