n.
Pronunciation: ' tli ŋ -k ə t, -g ə t also ' kli ŋ -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Tlingit or Tlingits
Etymology: Tlingit ł i · 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