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Mi'kmaq
Etymology
From Basque atorra (“shirt”),[1] from Arabic الدُّرَّاعَة (ad-durrāʕa, “turtleneck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
atlai anim (plural atlaig, obviative atlail)
- shirt
References
- ^ Peter Bakker (1989 April) “Two Basque Loanwords in Micmac”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 55, number 2, University of Chicago Press, →DOI, pages 258-261
Further reading
- “atlai”, in Mi'gmaq/Mi'kmaq Online Talking Dictionary, 1997–2024