Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Iain MacDonald
Location
North Uist, Grimsay
Date
1977-1988
rogalNotes: a loose-fitting shapeless (knitted) garment, a knitted garment that had lost its shape.
ròmhanaich[sic] Quotation: Romhanaich na Samhna. Notes: applied to quiet period at the end of autumn.
sainnsealQuotation: Gheibh thu sainnseal. Notes: unexpected shock, something you don’t bargain for.
snaoiseanQuotation: Gheibh thu snaoisean. Notes: a sudden accident or calamity, cf. sainnseal.
clotcheannNotes: (1) an untidy head of hair. (2) ’Se do chlotcheann a th’ann – it’s actually you.
peachaireachdNotes: teasing; horseplay. Cf. feachaireachd (Barra).
ceann-maraNotes: end of fence extending into the sea, to prevent access by animals.
iarannNotes: the amount of peats two men could cut in a day.
noigeanQuotation: bodach beag nan noigeanan. Notes: playful term of endearment.
sàilleaganQuotation: Chuireadh e sàilleagan air a’ chat. Notes: phrase used in reaction to pompous or boastful talk, or someone giving himself airs. Cf. Applecross use of searbhan.
sgamaichdidhQuotation: Sgamaichdidh mi thu! Notes: ‘I’ll hammer you’ or (verbally) tear off a strip.
taigh-oifisNotes: privy.
tarbh-shìolagNotes: small fish that stings and causes drowsiness.
bannasNotes: gum, roof of mouth. Cf. Neil MacLeod, Songs (1893 edn) p. 159.
bòilQuotation: Bhòil e mach. Notes: used of someone suddenly vomiting. Eng. bowl?
camairneachNotes: a person with some deformity. (Quoting D. Boyd, Barra.)
clabagQuotation: (1) Tha clabag mhath oirre. (2) Phàigh e clabag mhath air. Dh’fhàg e clabag mhath. Notes: (1) Of wind causing a choppy sea. Cf. Applecross clabach. (2) Of sum of money.
cle-sheanchainnQuotation: Dé chle-sheanchainn a th’agad ann a sin? Notes: used of any old, ramshackle object. From cliar-sheanchainn?
comharsba(dh)Quotation: Na bithibh a’ comharsba riumsa idir. Notes: ? Competing, striving. Could be used by host who has finished eating, but still urges the others at the table to carry on.
druineachNotes: ? Outlandish person.
gulmNotes: raging fire, inferno.

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