atlai

Mi'kmaq

Etymology

From Basque atorra (“shirt”),[1] from Arabic الدُّرَّاعَة (ad-durrāʕa, “turtleneck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.tə.lai/, [adəlai]

Noun

atlai anim (plural atlaig, obviative atlail)

  1. shirt

References

  1. ^ Peter Bakker (April 1989) “Two Basque Loanwords in Micmac”, in International Journal of American Linguistics‎[1], volume 55, number 2, University of Chicago Press, →DOI, pages 258-261

Further reading

  • “atlai”, in Mi'gmaq/Mi'kmaq Online Talking Dictionary‎[2], 1997–2025
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