Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
J. Morrison
Location
Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Blairmore
Date
10/1969
làganNotes: sowens.
lang[ɫɑ̃ɣ] Notes: ling.
leas[lʹɛs] Notes: garden or stackyard.
leóbag[lʹo:bɑɡ]
leumachan[lʹe:mɑxɑṉ] Notes: frog.
mealc[mjɑɫk] Notes: milt.
meanbh-chuileag[mɑ̃ɾɑxu̟lɑɡ]
mean-thudan[mɛ̃ṉhu̟d̪ɑṉ] Notes: a small stack of corn on a field containing 10-12 stooks.
meung[mjɤ̃ŋɡ] Notes: whey.
moll[mũ̜:ɫ] Notes: chaff.
ràmh[rɑ̃:v] Notes: oar.
rùbhag[ru̜:ɑɡ] Notes: crab.
rùbhan[ru̜:ɑṉ] Notes: made up of 2-3 “stòragan” q.v. (“stòrag” equivalent to common “rùbhan”)
ath-storadhNotes: “stòragan” made first, then 2-3 put together to form a “rùbhan”.
innean[ĩnʹɑṉ] Notes: onion.
iomradh[ɤɾəmu̜] Notes: rowing.
irisNotes: band on creel.
it[itʹ] Notes: fin.
iuchar[joxəɾ] Notes: herring roe.
poll[pɤu̜ɫ] Quotation: poll buntata. Notes: potato pit.
sìthean[si:ɑṉ] Notes: bigger than “glasag”, which is about the size of a big herring. [NOTES: slipped under ‘saoidhean’.]
sgait[sɡɑtʹ] Notes: skate.
sìlt[ʃı:lʹtʹ] Notes: bunghole in a boat.
siolagan (pl.)Notes: small potatoes.
smàgachNotes: toad.
smùrachNotes: dross.
snèib[ʃṉɛ̃:b] Notes: turnip.
stéidheadh[ʃtʹe:u̜] Quotation: a’ stéidheadh na cruaich.
stòrag[st̪ɔ:ɾɑɡ] Notes: the first lifting of peats. (4-5 peats)
strainnsearNotes: butterfly.
stùcan
sar[sɑɾ] Notes: a tick found on sheep.
tobac[t̪ɔˈbɑk] Notes: tobacco.
toroisgeil[t̪ɔɾɔʃɡʹəl] Notes: peat-cutting iron.
turbaid[t̪u̟ɾu̟bɑdʹ] Notes: halibut.
ucas[u̜ɡs] Notes: blackjack.
uiseag[iʃɑɡ] Notes: lark.
adhragag[ɤɾəɡɑɡ] Notes: lapwing.
ailm[ɤləm] Notes: tiller.
baighd[b[ɤı]dʹ] Notes: bait. [ə b[ɤi]dʹu̜]: baiting.
barra-gùg[bɑrəɡu̜:ɡ] Notes: blossom on potatoes.
biast-lotNotes: earwig.
biathagNotes: earthworm.
bliong[blw̃ŋɡ] Notes: lythe.
bodachNotes: scarecrow.
bodach-bacNotes: 1st peat cut.
brògNotes: roe.
brutagNotes: brownish caterpillar found among heather.
bùrag[bu̟:ɾɑɡ] Notes: turf divot.
caibeQuotation: caibe-làir [kɤbɫɑ:ɾ]. Notes: turfing spade.
caraisd[kɑɾɑʃdʹ] Notes: carrot.
cìlig[cı:lʹıɡʹ] Notes: cod.
clach-bhleithNotes: honing stone.
croman[kɾɤmɑ̃ṉ] Notes: implement for lifting potatoes.
crùdan[kɾũ̜:d̪ɑn] Notes: gurnard.
cullaidh[ku̜ɫi] Notes: a boat.
diasd[dʹıɤsd̪] Notes: ear of corn.
dirid-dubh[dʹiɾıdʹd̪u̜] Notes: starling.
easgainn[ɛsɡĩnʹ] Notes: eel.
eun-breac[ɛ̃:nbɾɛk] Notes: puffin.
fàldairNotes: scythe.
feusgan[fɛ:sɡɑṉ] Notes: mussel.
gaiseadh[ɡɑʃu̜] Notes: blight.
garbhan[ɡɑɾɑvɑṉ] Notes: gills.
glasagNotes: saithe, about the size of a large herring.

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