The term probably means "tribes", or the "tribal union", and then could turn into a collective ethnic name.

It is not known if these tribes ever formed any kind of a tribal union.

Of all the numerous tribes, the Kimaks were ready to head a new political tribal union.

The tribal union of tukkhums forms the Kham or the whole Chechen nation.

The tribal union of the Antes probably included some neighbouring West Slavic tribes.

During the French colonial period, the Bulu formed a tribal union of their various clans.

There are four main dialect divisions and eight bands (tribal unions):

This tribal union is documented by the archaeological monetary findings Aninoasa Dobresti.

Diauehi, a tribal union of early-Georgians, first appear in written history in the 12th century BC.

Ethnic and kinship organizations that often took the form of a tribal union also emerged in the 1920s.