mdala

See also: M.D. Ala.

Abenaki

FWOTD – 12 December 2012

Etymology

From the same source as the Eastern Abenaki / Penobscot medala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mᵊdala/

Numeral

mdala

1. ten (10)

   Mali mdala kasigadema.

   Mary is ten years old.

   • 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, page 41:

     Mdala sansak.

     Ten cents.

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 74