Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Sinclair Sutherland
Age
c. 70
Location
Sutherland, Golspie
Date
1969
masgNotes: mesh of net.
mealbhan[mjɑ̃ɫu̜ɑ̃ṉ] Notes: sea-bent.
mine-chuileag[mĩṉəxu̟lɑɡ] Notes: midge.
ràmh[rɑ̃:u̜] Notes: oar.
rang[rɑ̃u̜] Notes: rib of a boat.
runnach[rũ̜n̪ɑx] Notes: mackerel.
planndan[pɫɑ̃ũ̜n̪d̪ɑ̃ṉ] Notes: a young plant (e.g. could be for transplanting).
sgait[sɡɑdʹʒ] Notes: skate.
sgleutair[sɡle:t̪ɑɾ] Notes: slater.
sgreachag[sɡɾɛxɑɡ] Notes: small gull with light brown markings on wings.
tolman[t̪ɔɫəmɑṉ] Notes: tiller.
trom-laighe[t̪ɾw̃məɫɔi] Notes: nightmare.
uinnlean[ɤ̃ĩlʹɑṉ] Notes: bee. Cf. ainnlean – S. MacKay (Embo).
adhraic[eɾiɡʹ] Notes: horn. [NOTES: slipped under ‘adhairc’.]
bradQuotation: Tha ’m brad fearainn an sin. Notes: That is a good field there.
bruadraicheadhQuotation: a’ bruadraicheadh. Tha e [bɾu̟ɤd̪ɾiçu̜]. Notes: He is dreaming.
caraisdNotes: carrot.
cinne-speach[cĩnʹəspɛx] Notes: for “coinnspeach”.
cràiseag[kɾɑ:ʃɑɡ] Notes: “crow-berry”. Dw. “cnàimhseag”: bearberry.
crùnairNotes: gurnard.
daman-ollaidh[d̪ɑ̃mɑṉoɫi] Notes: spider.
dobhlachan[d̪o:ɫɑxɑṉ] Notes: earwig.
easgaid[ɛsɡidʹʒ] Notes: eel.
fóid[fo:dʹ] Notes: a square divot of grassy turf such as used in creel-making to anchor the ribs.

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