Meanings
- alternativepluralsingularAlternative form of Tlingit (people)
A Lingít master weaver is using viral monster dolls called Labubus to bring attention to Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving.
2025 September 25, Yvonne Krumrey, “Ravenstail Labubus bring attention to Indigenous weaving”, in Anchorage Daily News1 more example
This fall, the U.S. Navy issued two formal apologies to Lingít communities in Alaska for assaults committed over a century ago. On Oct. 26, one of those attacks was commemorated.
2024 October 29, Yvonne Krumrey, “Navy apologizes to Angoon community for bombarding village in 1882”, in NPR
- alternativeAlternative form of Tlingit (language)
University of Alaska Southeast language professor X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, who collaborated with master Lingít speakers to write the book, says the lack of English translation serves two purposes.
2023 October 27, Yvonne Krumrey, “‘Kuhaantí,’ a children’s book written entirely in Lingít, is the first of its kind in decades”, in Alaska Public Media
Origin
- TlingitLingít
- EnglishLingít
Unadapted borrowing from Tlingit Lingít
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Lingít. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ling%C3%ADt
“Lingít.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ling%C3%ADt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lingít,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ling%C3%ADt.
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