Tlingit
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Tlingit
- /ˈklɪŋkɪt/
- /ˈ(t)lɪŋɡɪt/
Rhymes with -ɪŋkɪt, -ɪŋɡɪt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít.
noun Tlingits · Tlingit · Lingít
- A member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia. Today (about fifty years later) it is not likely that any Tlingit would make quite these mistakes. Even if they have never seen a live sheep, probably they have all seen pictures of them. But the same kind of mistakes are still with us today. We meet them in translation of verses, of Bible stories a
proper noun Lingít
- the language of these people
adjective Lingít
- of, or relating to these people or their language
Translations
Every language
noun person
| Русский | тлинки́т tlinkít |
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name language
| 中文 | 特林吉特語 /特林吉特语 |
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| Русский | тлинги́тский tlingítskij |
adj relating to these people or their language
| Русский | тлинги́тский tlingítskij |
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Talk about this word "Tlingit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tlingit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Tlingit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tlingit "Tlingit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tlingit.Cite this
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title = {Tlingit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tlingit},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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