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Am buidhe ròpa
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So an ròpa a tha ceangal a’ phuta ri cluasan da lion. Innsidh de an àirde aig am bi an sùlaire ri sgéith mus teid e air a cheann gu de am fad a leigeas iad am buidhe ropa mus ceangail iad ris an lion e. Mu bhios an sulaire ri seoladh ard tha an sgadan domhainn.
Origin: [Lewis], Dail a Tuath or [Lewis], Suaineabost [Swainbost] or [Lewis], Lional
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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Lion sgadanach
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Tha ceithir cluasan air lion sgadanach. Anns a’ chur tha am buidhe ròp a’ ceangal da lion r’a cheile aig an arc gu h-àrd, agus tha ‘Stopair’ a’ ceangal a dha aig an druim iochdair.
Origin: [Lewis], Dail a Tuath or [Lewis], Suaineabost [Swainbost] or [Lewis], Lional
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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Spring-rope
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An ròpa tiugh trom a tha cumail na lin comhnard anns a’ mhuir. Anns an tarraing tha an càbull so a’ dol mu cheapsun is tha an còcaire ga chuibhligeadh gu cothromach do tholl anns an dec faisg air an toiseach. Is e so as coireach gur e cuibhleir a theirte ris a’ chòcaire. Tha na stopairean air am fosgladh bhon spring-rope anns an tarraing ach chan eil na buidhe-ropan air am fosgladh bho na lin.
Origin: [Lewis], Dail a Tuath or [Lewis], Suaineabost [Swainbost] or [Lewis], Lional
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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[Locha Buidhe]
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Rinn e Locha Buidhe. Aonghus: “Rinn Dòmhnull Locha Buidhe air a’ cheist an diugh.” (aig na h-Orduighean) – Chaidh e ro fhada, agus thug e ro fhada.
Origin: [Lewis, Uig an Iar]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[cùl]
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Cul buidhe dualach. Yellow curly head.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[treabhadh]
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“Bhiodh an t-àm aca stad a’ threabhadh an uair a chìtheadh iad a’ barr buidhe air an t-sealasdair.”
Location: South Uist, South Lochboisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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am buidhe-ròp
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the buoy rope.
Location: Eriskay, Na Hann [Haun]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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an tinneas buidhe
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jaundice.
Location: Harris, Rodel
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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aran
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nn ‘bread’: ~ buidhe
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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bainne buidhe
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[milk yielded the first two or three days after calving.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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bainne buidhe
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[b̥ɑ̟̃ɲə b̥u̜:hi]
Location: North Argyll
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bainne buidhe
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beastings. (Inverness)
Origin: ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Victoria Co.)
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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bean
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nn f. ‘woman’: pl.: ‘mnathan buidhe [pra͂-ən bu-i] ’s iad ri muidhe an t-uachdar anns a’ chrannagan’
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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beithe
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n. ‘birch’: locair mhòr do bh. air neo do mheubail; mu dheidhinn an fhiodh chruaidh, gheibheadh tu ~ dubh, ~ buidhe, ~ dearg ’s ~ geal -- ~ bàn
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness Co., Dunvegan
Category: Word List
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bonnach
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nn ‘cake, scone’: ~ coirce; ~ buidhe
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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bonnach-buidhe
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Notes: cornmeal bannock.
Location: Canada, Christmas Island
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacadan buidhe nan allt
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yellow wagtail. [Cf. breacan buidhe nan allt.]
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breacan buidhe nan allt
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yellow wagtail. [Cf. breacadan buidhe nan allt.]
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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breamag
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Common acorn barnacle. Cha bhi iad so a’ siubhal mar bàirnich nan sgeir idir. Gheibhear iad ann an lùin gle fhaisg air an tiùrr. ’S ann geall geal a tha am biadhadh aca, agus uaireanan buidhe. ’Se an éigin a bheireadh air iasgair an toirt chun a’ chreagaich, agus is ann glamhach a bhiodh an t-iasg a shluigeadh iad. Cha bhiodh sinn ’gan itheadh.
Location: Lewis, Port of Ness, Lionel
Category: Maorach / Shellfish
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bualtan
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Quotation: bualtan [buəltɑ˖n] (buidhe). Notes: yellow ribwort, gives yellow dye.
Location: Ross of Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bualtan buidhe
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Location: Mull [see below for details]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bualtan buidhe
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ragwood.
Location: Mull [see below for details]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe
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unsavoury, as: Cha bhuidhe dhiut [sic].
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe
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adj. ‘yellow, bay’: an t-each ~
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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buidhe
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Quotation: sneachda buidhe. Notes: snow, having lain for a long time and becoming yellowish.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe
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[bujə] Notes: yellow.
Location: Ross of Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe
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(also) luck, ‘golden chance’. Nach buidhe dhuit. Cha bhuidhe dhuit, etc.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe
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Quotation: buidhe soilleir. Notes: bright yellow. (Wool dyeing.)
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe
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Quotation: an tinneas buidhe. Notes: jaundice.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe
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Notes: used in W. Lewis in the sense of fortunate. Also for the colour yellow – bó bhuidhe.
Origin: West Lewis [the location given on the slips]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe (Beurla)
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[SLIP: Buoy.]
Origin: Geàrrloch (Loch Iubh) [Gairloch (Loch Ewe)]
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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buidhe Chonaill
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the yellow plague.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe rop
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rope.
Origin: [Note: From North Uist, information from Alex O’Henley / RÓM 4 Dec 2023]
Category: Iasgach a’ Ghiomaich / Lobster-Fishing
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buidhe rop (?)
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rope.
Location: Harris, Sgarastamhor
Category: Iasgach a’ Ghiomaich / Lobster-Fishing
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buidhe ròp
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buoy rope.
Location: South Uist, West Kilbride
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buidhe, buidheachan
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floats.
Origin: An Ros Muileach [Ross of Mull]
Category: Iasgach a’ Ghiomaich / Lobster-Fishing
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buidhe-ròp
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the buoy rope. Six fathoms between the buoy and the net.
Location: [South Uist], South Glendale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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caraichdein (f)
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carrageen (Gigartina stellata). Collected in August. Car bog, spongy. Car buidhe cuideachd.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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cliabh-ghiomach
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Buidhe (E). [NOTES: slipped.] Arca [sic] (E), àrcannan [pl]. [NOTES: slipped under ‘àrca’.] Buidhe-ròp (E) (Fuaimhnich mar buidh'earop) (buidhe' ròp). [NOTES: slipped.]
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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crodh buidhe
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Jersey (?).
Origin: ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Victoria Co.)
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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crogais
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pasgan dhiùbh an àite buidhe.
Origin: Geàrrloch (Loch Iubh) [Gairloch (Loch Ewe)]
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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didhean buidhe
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[dʹiʔɑ̣˖nʹ] Notes: daisy.
Location: Ross of Mull
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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didhearan buidhe
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wild marigolds.
Location: Mull [see below for details]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dithean-buidhe
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[sic] yellow flowers, buttercups, marsh marigolds, etc. collectively: all of yellow colour, blossoming yellow. Tha e làn leis an dìthean bhuidhe.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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duileasg (f)
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dulse (Rhodymenia palmata). Car buidhe agus dearg a-mach a season. Bha caig [sic] duileasg ’nad bhial dìreach mar a fhuair thu an tràigh i.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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feamainn chìoran, feamainn chìreadh
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channel wrack (Pelvetia canaliculata). Even spongier than caraichein [sic – caraichdein above] [q.v]. Dorcha-buidhe. Bha iad ’ga truisneachadh airson leigheas crodh air an robh tart. Gheobhadh tu i air na creagan mar a bha an làn ìseal.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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feisd
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Quotation: “Leig e bhó bh’air an fheisd.” – He let the cow of the tether. Feisd na bà buidhe. – The tether of the yellow cow.
Origin: West Lewis [the location given on the slips]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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foclan buidhe
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ragwort. (Spelling?)
Location: Argyll, Tarbert, Muasdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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galar
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Quotation: an galar buidhe [bu̜i]. Notes: disease in lambs occurring during dry summers and on some types of ground. Scabs round eyes and ears. Sometimes lambs went blind.
Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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latha buidhe Bealltuinn
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so called since traditionally, this day was expected to be sunny.
Location: South Uist, Geirinish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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locha-buidhe
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extremely long time. Thug e locha-buidh’ ann.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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lùs buidhe Bealtainn
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marsh Marigold.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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peadrachan
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a garland. Peaderan buidhe: large yellow flowers that grow in cornfields.
Location: [Lewis], Ness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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poca buidhe
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maodal an fhèidh.
Location: Harris, Ardvey
Category: Biadh is Deoch / Food and Drink
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poca-buidhe
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Note: fat on the “maodal” of the deer.
Location: Harris
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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poca-buidhe
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Note: tripe (usually of deer).
Origin: Crowlista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rusg buidhe nan creag
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Yellow lichen on rocks by shore. Disease: burns. How prepared: lichen boiled until nearly dry, then mixed with fresh butter to make an ointment.
Origin: Mull, Bunessan, Ardtun, Knockan or Mull, Burg or Mull, Tobermory or Mull, Bunessan, Taoslainn
Category: Blàthan-Leighis / Medicinal Plants
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sgeannagan (m)
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[kind of seaweed.] Buidhe. ’Ga fhaotainn mar a bha an làn ìseal aig am [sic] sam bi de’n bhliadhna. ’Ga chaigneadh ’nad bhial cuideachd. Table-knife in shape.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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sgruiteach
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[sɡɾu̟ıtʹɑx] Note: an craicionn a’ seargadh ’s e a’ fàs buidhe air na cnàmhan.
Origin: Swainbost
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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siaman
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Notes: Siaman Theàrlaich* = buidhe-ròp. Siaman fraoich – heather rope. (cf. Scots simman, rope of heather etc. used in thatching.)
Location: Lewis
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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siolastar buidhe
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flag iris.
Location: Mull [see below for details]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sneachda
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Quotation: sneachda buidhe. Notes: snow, having lain for a long time and becoming yellowish.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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soilleir
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Quotation: buidhe soilleir. Notes: bright yellow. (Wool-dyeing.)
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sparsal (E)
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[NOTES: slipped.] Nuair a bhiodh iad air eudomhain, gus nach biodh am buidhe-ròp ’na riap air uachdar na fairge, bhiodh iad a’ cur ceangal air airson giorrachadh. ’Se sparsal a bh’ aca air an seo. “Cuiridh sinn sparsal air.”
Origin: Leòdhas [Lewis], Uig an Iar
Category: Acfhuinn Iasgaich / Fishing Tackle
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spiocaid
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[spjwxkɑdʹ] Quotation: spiocaidean buidhe. Notes: yellow rivets used in soling shoes.
Location: Coll, Sorrisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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spòta
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nn ‘spot’ : pl.: ~n buidhe ionta, no geala
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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tinneas
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Quotation: an tinneas buidhe. Notes: jaundice.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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“O nach buidhe dha”
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used of a satisfied person.
Origin: Barra
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
