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Tlingit en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈ(t)lɪŋɡɪt/
• /ˈklɪŋkɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) of, or relating to these people or their language

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Lingít		alternative	lexicographic

Translations (1)

ru тлинги́тский (relating to these people or their language)

Tlingit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈ(t)lɪŋɡɪt/
• /ˈklɪŋkɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít.

Meanings

1. 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 and the choruses that the Tlingits sing. 1963, Constance Naish, Gillian Story, “‘The Lord is My Goat Hunter’”, in The Bible Translator, volume 14, number 2, page 92:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Lingít		alternative	lexicographic
Tlingits	Number=Plur		lexicographic
Tlingit	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (1)

ru тлинки́т (person)

Tlingit en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈ(t)lɪŋɡɪt/
• /ˈklɪŋkɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít.

Meanings

1. the language of these people

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Lingít		alternative	lexicographic

Translations (4)

ga Clincitis (language) · tli Lingít (language) · cmn 特林吉特語 /特林吉特语 (language) · ru тлинги́тский (language)