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