Main Entry:

Tlin·git

Pronunciation:

\ˈtliŋ-kət, -gət also ˈkliŋ-\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Tlingit or Tlingits

Etymology:

Tlingit łi·ngít human being

Date:

1865

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the islands and coast of southern Alaska 2 : the language of the Tlingit peoples

— Tlingit adjective