Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Angus Matheson
Age
c. 65
Origin
Culkein
Location
Sutherland, Lochinver, Culkein (Stoer)
Date
10/1969
Notes
  • [NOTES: in IPA transcriptions, the fieldworker uses [w] for [ɯ].]
làghanNotes: “Pronn agus min-choirc air fhàgail airson dhà na tri a laithean ann am piceil.”
leamhnad[lʹ[ɑũ̟]ṉəd̪] Notes: sty.
lèataran[lʹɛ:t̪əɾɑṉ] Notes: area in front of the pulpit where the elders sat.
maolag[mw̃:ɫɑɡ] Notes: bottom part of sock used as a slipper.
mias[mɛ̃:s] Notes: basin.
muigheNotes: churn.
òrduigheanNotes: Communions.
ialtagNotes: bat.
omhan-fuar[ɔ̃əṉfuəɾ] Notes: warm milk with rennet added left outside in frosty weather.
piocasNotes: chickenpox.
plàtQuotation: plàt a’ srathair. Notes: blanket put under the saddle.
plucQuotation: am pluc. Notes: mumps.
saoidhlead[s[ɤi]ləd̪] Notes: tick on sheep.
sgàrlaidQuotation: a’ chuairteach sgàrlaid. Notes: scarlet fever.
siataigNotes: rheumatism.
snèip[ʃnʹɛ̃:p] Notes: turnip.
soighlean[s[ɤı]lɑṉ] Notes: a bee.
tinneas-caitheamhNotes: Tuberculosis.
tiodhlagadh[tʹıɔɫwɡəɣ] Notes: funeral.
triuthachNotes: whooping cough.
baoidhdeag[b[ɤı]dʹɑɡ] Notes: earthworm.
bàrrNotes: cream.
bóiceanachQuotation: [əvo:cəṉɑx]. Notes: smallpox, vaccination.
biorachNotes: spiked muzzle put on calves to prevent them from suckling.
cadalQuotation: cadal-iongnach. Notes: pins and needles.
caraisd[kɑɾɑʃdʹ] Notes: carrot.
carbadNotes: funeral bier.
ceangladair[cɑ̃:ɫəd̪ɑɾ] Notes: for making hanks.
clachdanNotes: rolls of wool from the cards, for feeding the wheel.
clogais[klɔɡɑʃ] Notes: a clog (wooden).
connspriach[k[ɤ̃ũ̜]spɾiɑx] Notes: wasp.
crathQuotation: a’ crathadh. Notes: making butter.
cuairteachQuotation: a’ chuairteach sgàrlaid. Notes: scarlet fever.
cùbaidNotes: pulpit.
cumanQuotation: cuman bleoghain. Notes: a small wooden pail.
famh[fɑ̃v] Notes: mole.
griurachQuotation: a’ ghriùrach [sic]. Notes: measles.
guireanNotes: pimple.

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