| rogal | Notes: 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. |
| sainnseal | Quotation: Gheibh thu sainnseal. Notes: unexpected shock, something you don’t bargain for. |
| snaoisean | Quotation: Gheibh thu snaoisean. Notes: a sudden accident or calamity, cf. sainnseal. |
| clotcheann | Notes: (1) an untidy head of hair. (2) ’Se do chlotcheann a th’ann – it’s actually you. |
| peachaireachd | Notes: teasing; horseplay. Cf. feachaireachd (Barra). |
| ceann-mara | Notes: end of fence extending into the sea, to prevent access by animals. |
| iarann | Notes: the amount of peats two men could cut in a day. |
| noigean | Quotation: bodach beag nan noigeanan. Notes: playful term of endearment. |
| sàilleagan | Quotation: 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. |
| sgamaichdidh | Quotation: Sgamaichdidh mi thu! Notes: ‘I’ll hammer you’ or (verbally) tear off a strip. |
| taigh-oifis | Notes: privy. |
| tarbh-shìolag | Notes: small fish that stings and causes drowsiness. |
| bannas | Notes: gum, roof of mouth. Cf. Neil MacLeod, Songs (1893 edn) p. 159. |
| bòil | Quotation: Bhòil e mach. Notes: used of someone suddenly vomiting. Eng. bowl? |
| camairneach | Notes: a person with some deformity. (Quoting D. Boyd, Barra.) |
| clabag | Quotation: (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-sheanchainn | Quotation: 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. |
| druineach | Notes: ? Outlandish person. |
| gulm | Notes: raging fire, inferno. |
