làmhadh | [ɫɑ̃:həɣ] Notes: axe. |
leth-bhodach | Notes: ½ bottle of whisky. |
mac-samhail | [mɑ̃xksɑ̃ũ̜ilʹ] Quotation: ’S e mac-samhail an fhear sin a th’ann. Notes: He is that man’s very likeness. |
maide-tarsuinn | Notes: cross beam between two rafters. |
marbhphaisg | Quotation: Marbhphaisg ort! |
mèilich | Notes: bleating. |
miagail | Notes: mewing. |
mula-mhàgag | Notes: frog. |
ruith | Quotation: Tha e a’ ruith air mo theangaidh. Notes: It’s on the tip of my tongue. |
sitig | Notes: patch outside where the ashes, dirty water, etc. were thrown. |
prannasg | Notes: small broken bits. |
saipleis | [sɛplɛʃ] Notes: soapy water left after washing. |
sanais | Notes: a whisper. |
séise | Notes: a wooden bench. |
seidhir | [sic] Quotation: séidhir gaoirdeanach [ʃe:əɾɡɤ:ʴdʹɑ̃ṉɑx]. Notes: arm chair. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.] [NOTES: slipped under ‘seuthar’.] |
sgonnan | Notes: foot-rest on a cas-chrom. |
sgùrraich | Quotation: a’ speur a’ sgùrrachadh. Notes: clouding over, threatening. |
sliomaire | [ʃlʹĩməɾə] Notes: a fawning, smarmy person. |
staipleis | [st̪ɛplɛʃ] Quotation: staipleis de lit. Notes: porridge not properly made. |
starabraich | [st̪ɑɾɑbɾiç] Notes: making a general din. |
starrag | Quotation: a’ cur starragan roimh dhuine gus nach fhaigheadh e air adhart leis a’ rud a bha e a’ deanamh. |
sumachadh | [sũ̜mɔxəɣ] Quotation: sumachadh deich mairt is trì chaoraich. Notes: souming. |
sasag | Notes: a chair made from a barrel. |
taobhaisdean | [ˈt̪ɤıʃdʹəṉ] Notes: spaces near the lip of the creel where the rope is tied. |
taobhan | Notes: three or four “taobhain” put horizontally on a roof on top of the couples. |
teanga | Quotation: Tha e a’ ruith air mo theangaidh. Notes: It’s on the tip of my tongue. |
toinnte | Quotation: duine toinnte. Notes: sensible. |
tomadh | Quotation: a tomadh nan caorach. Notes: dipping sheep. |
triuthaire | [t̪ɾu̟həɾə] Notes: a rascal. |
usbag | Quotation: na h-usbagan deireannach. Notes: the last gasps of a person dying. |
aparan | Notes: leaf of wood covering inside of stem-post. |
asbhuain | [ɑsvĩnʹ] Notes: stubble land. |
bac | Quotation: na bacan. Notes: wooden blocks used as thole pins. |
bainne-deasgainn | Notes: curds (milk with rennet added). |
balbhanaich | Quotation: Tha rudeigin air cùl a’ bhalbhanaich a tha an seo. Notes: a calm, deadness in the weather. |
ballan | Notes: a tub. |
ball-dóbhran | Notes: a mole on the skin. |
bana-bhuidseach | Notes: a witch. |
bean-chomhailteach | Notes: bridesmaid. |
biadhtach | [biɤt̪ɑx] Notes: raven. |
braoisg | [bɾw:ʃɡʹ] Quotation: Nach ann oirre a tha a’ bhraoisg. Notes: a big mouth. |
braonan | Quotation: Tha braonan beag uisge ann. Notes: light rainfall. |
breacadh-sianan | Notes: freckles. |
buamastair | [bu̜ɤməst̪ɑɾ] Notes: uncouth man. |
cabar | Notes: wooden slats laid on top of the “taobhain” and running from wall to ridge. |
caochan | Quotation: caochan uisge. Notes: a trickle of water. |
ceann-àrcan | Notes: a blockhead. |
clisneach | Notes: a rough wooden gate. |
cniadalan | [kɾĩɑ̃d̪əɫɑṉ] Notes: moaning, complaining. |
coingheall | [kɔ̃ṉɑjɑɫ] Notes: a loan. |
corraiche-cagailte | Notes: glow from embers among the ashes. |
cuing | Notes: asthma. |
deann | Quotation: Tha e a’ tighinn na dheannan. Notes: sheets of rain sweeping before the wind. |
déile | Notes: plank on which a corpse was stretched. |
droman-eallaich | [d̪ɾɤumɑnjɑɫiç] Notes: a spider. |
eabar | [ebəɾ] Quotation: Tha e na eabar. Notes: churned up mud. |
feannag-thaomaidh | Notes: a lazy-bed. About 6' wide. Covered with seaweed. Turf divots turned inwards from the two sides till everything was covered with earth. Holes were made with a dibble and potatoes dropped in. In the autumn the divots were turned back to uncover the potatoes. |
fosgladh | Quotation: Tha fosglaidhean ann a nochd. Notes: far-off lightning. |
furm | Notes: a form. |
gaoisdean | Notes: a hair. |
gead | Notes: a small plot of arable land. |
glamaradh | Notes: vice. |
globastair | [ɡɫɔbəst̪ɑɾ] Notes: half-wit. |
grampa | [ɡɾɑ̃ũ̜mʰə] Notes: grape. |
guitear | Notes: byre drain. |