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Tlingit, n. and a.|ˈklɪŋkɪt, ˈklɪŋgɪt; also, incorrectly, tl-|
Also Thlinget, Thlinkeet, Tlinget, Tlinkit, etc.
[a. Tlingit tłingít, ˈtłingít person, Tlingit.]
A. n.
a. (A member of) an Indian people of the coasts and islands of south-eastern Alaska.
b. The language spoken by this people.
1865M. Macfie Vancouver Island & British Columbia xvi. 452 The ‘Clingats’, which name is applied to all the northern tribes, relate the following tradition. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 187/2 This [sc. exogamy] is illustrated in the case of the Thlinkeets, or Kolosches, who inhabit the coasts and islands from Mt. St Elias to the River Nass. 1901G. W. James Indian Basketry 50 In Alaska the chief basket-makers are the Thlinkets and Haidas. 190826th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 472 In Tlingit..p and b do not occur in words of native origin. Ibid. 407 The Tlingit..trace the origin of nearly all their clans..to the neighborhood of the mouth of the Skeena river. 1921E. Sapir Language iv. 84 A good example of such a pitch language is Tlingit, spoken by the Indians of the southern coast of Alaska. 1951R. Firth Elem. Social Organiz. iv. 145 The potlach of the Haida, Tlinkit and other Indians of the American North-West coast. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics X. 97 To this Athapaskan-Eyak unit, Tlingit seems related definitely but remotely. 1970Language XLVI. 401 Similar problems are presented by the so-called ‘third modals’ of Tlingit. 1978Amer. Poetry Rev. Sept./Oct. 18/4 The Tlingit of Alaska prescribe the wearing of broad-brimmed hats.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating these Indians.
1881[see Aleut]. 190826th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 463 Each Tlingit shaman was guarded by a number of helpers and possessed a number of masks. Ibid. 472 The Tlingit language tends to shorten its vowels. 1932D. Jenness Indians of Canada xxi. 331 Feasts and ceremonies occurred constantly in all the Tlinkit villages. 1963Times 29 Apr. 5/5 A Thlinget Indian from Alaska. 1966[see Chilkat]. 1976Times 25 Sept. 12/8 The Tlingit screen..was used as a partition in the house of Chief Shakes of the Tlingit tribe in Wrangell, Akaska. |