Nootka
Etymology
From mačła (“deer”) + -ʔatḥ (“people of”).
Noun
mačłaatḥ
- Muchalaht people.
References
- John Antonio (Tony) Trofymow (2024), Tree rings and timelines of šuučabisapuuw[1], Victoria, BC: Natural Resources Canada
- nučaaƛʔatḥ nuučaan̓uł: A Handbook of Nuchatlaht Nuu-chah-nulth[2], Nuchatlaht First Nation, 2011