19386.
Coates
(Richard): Two measure-terms in Gaelic and early modern Scots.
In
N&Q 36/1
(Mar., 1989), pp. 27–28.
amir
and
maile
recorded by Martin Martin in
A late voyage to St. Kilda
(1698); both terms of Norse origin and also known in Scots.
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Classifications:
D 1.2.5 Lexical copying (= Lexical borrowing) between Irish (incl. Scottish Gaelic and Manx) and Norse
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Words/Proper Names:
amir (ScG)
maile (ScG)