Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Mrs M. Farmer
Location
Skye, Broadford
Date
1979-83
mògaisNotes: a messy mixture, e.g. of food.
rionnagNotes: ‘a spark of life in the fire.’
plìonNotes: a smile, smirk.
sgaimeicQuotation: sgaimeic (hd) – pronounced as if with -hd. Notes: stressed syllable has /ɛ/ sound. Has general meaning of ‘a mess’. Could be used of foods mixed together which aren’t usually mixed. Phrase ‘Rinn e s. dheth’ could be used of someone who’s messed some job up. [NOTES: on this slip ‘Broadford’ was crossed out and replaced with ‘Breakish’.]

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