nanai

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нанайский (nanajskij) or нанаец (nanajec), probably from Nanai нани (nani), which is an endonym used by both Nanai and Ulch people. Alternatively, from Nanai най (naj).

name

  1. The language of these people.

noun

  1. A Tungusic people of China and the Russian Far East