| 1. Different stages in the growth of cattle |
| 2. Breeds of cattle |
| 3. Outward appearance of cattle |
| bo duith | black cow. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| bo ruadh | red cow. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| cro duith | black cattle. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| cro ruadh | red cattle. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| bo odhar | dun cow. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| bo bhreck | speckled cow, usually Ayrshire. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| cro Ghaidhealach | Highland cattle (now very rare in Assynt). (Stoer, Assynt) |
| mart | seldom if ever used, except in relation to beef: “marstal”. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 4. Names for certain beasts, e.g. an animal on which the owner bestows particular attention |
| 5. Parts of the body |
| 6. Calving |
| tha bho fo gar | cow bulling. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| tha dar air a’ bho | cow bulling. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| cur laogh | cow calving. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| salachar | afterbirth. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 7. Milking |
| bloin | milking. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| crav | suckling. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| noose | first milking. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 8. Feeding |
| buachalach | herding. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| buachaille | herd. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| “hor foddar dan a chro” | give the cows straw. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 9. Apparatus |
| nask | neck rope or chain on cows in stall. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| burrach | fetter for milking. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| spaerach | [sic] fetter to prevent jumping. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 10. Diseases |
| rooia | inflammation of the udder. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| 11. Miscellaneous |
| trobhad “merag” | calling a cow. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| treud | herd of cattle. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| buachar | dung. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| clughan | dung strand or channel. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| tol a’ gédan | hole in byre wall through which the urine flows. (Stoer, Assynt) |
| boolie | stall. (Stoer, Assynt) |
