1. Different stages in the growth of cattle |
laogh – damh, – tarbh | |
laogh – gamhainn (1 yr), ugh (2 yrs), mart | [sic] |
gaistaidh | beathach òg aitigeach. |
2. Breeds of cattle |
Gaidheal | |
crodh gallda | short horn. |
3. Outward appearance of cattle |
breac | |
odhar | |
riabhach | long haired. |
lòm | short haired. |
(?) loineag sleamhain | polished. |
ceann ladair | sturdy horns. |
air thogail | very lean. |
4. Names for certain beasts, e.g. an animal on which the owner bestows particular attention |
5. Parts of the body |
peiceal | jaw. |
sprogan | loose skin, under larynx. |
fionnadh | hair. |
seice | hide. |
gualain | shoulder. |
slinean | shoulder. |
uchd | breast. |
broilleach | breast. |
cas chinn | fore leg. |
uilt | joints. |
lorg | hoof. |
bròg | hoof. |
cneamh an droma | back bone. |
an crutha deiridh | hindquarters. |
cruachainn | hips. |
suil na leise | joint of hind legs to body, ball an[d] socket joint. |
cas deiridh | hind leg. |
sliasaid | thigh. |
iorball | tail. |
sionnan | teats. |
umh | udder. |
feithan | muscles. |
fiath | tendon. |
cridhe | heart. |
cuislean mòr | artery. |
cuisle | vein. |
fuil | blood. |
sgamhainn | lungs. |
piob na h-anaileach | trachea. |
ill ditheach | [?] larynx. |
grùan (atha) | [?] liver. |
a t-suil liath | [sic] spleen. (Cuiridh mi an t-suil liath far na maodail agad.) |
domalas | gall bladder. |
faireag | glands [sic]. |
blonaig | abdominal fat. |
geir | abdominal fat. |
goille | gullet. |
stamag | stomach. |
caolain | intestine. |
luban dubha | colon. |
slige an amadain | |
6. Calving |
an dair | cow on heat. |
a cuir foidhpe | udder filling. |
cnamhan a fosglagh | outward signs of calving. |
sgrioban | labour pains, contractions. |
a h-aimsir | calving date (?). |
ceangalaichean | afterbirth. |
glanadh | afterbirth. |
balg uisge | placenta. |
7. Milking |
[note] | [NOTES: the first four definitions taken from the list of terms suggested by the authors of the questionnaire (the informant used numbers to match words with explanations.)] |
an eadradh | [milking.] |
siabanadh | [milking to the last drop.] |
striodadh | [milking to the last drop.] |
deoghal | [suckling.] |
umhsa | [milk yielded the first two or three days after calving.] |
bainne buidhe | [milk yielded the first two or three days after calving.] |
bainne noise | [milk yielded the first two or three days after calving.] |
cuinneag | bucket. |
suga seipeinn | quart jug. |
suga ceaird | tin jug. |
imbhuideal (imideal) | bucket made of wood to carry milk. |
iolaman | piece of skin used to cover milk in bucket and secured by a leather thong. |
binid | used to make curds (bainne slamain) (condensed milk), made in a calf stomach, in place of rennet. |
cranachan | churn. |
lonaid | whipping stick. |
8. Feeding |
ultach-feair | armful. |
sòp | handful of hay. |
bad arabhair | bunch. |
sguab | bunch. |
beum eorna | handful. |
sgudal | scraps. |
ionnaltradh | grazing. |
iomain | driving cows out to graze. |
buachailleachd | tending. |
buachaille | |
bana bhuachaille | |
9. Apparatus |
stiall | indoor post for tying a cow to. |
dul is cnot | for fastening. |
ròp | neck rope. |
teaghair | tether. |
bacan | stake. |
ciopan | stake. |
buarach | fetter. |
spearrach | tying fore leg to hind leg. |
lùthag | rope tightly tied round rear legs muscle to slow an animal down. |
smusal | prevents calf from suckling. |
sronain | halter. |
udalan | swivel on a tether. |
tulchan | [calf-skin stuffed, to induce the cow to give milk.] [NOTES: the definition copied from the list of terms suggested by the authors of the questionnaire (the informant wrote the word next to it).] |
10. Diseases |
fearsamain | warble fly larvae. |
fuainne | wart. |
gartainn | ticks. |
an tochd | a whitish lump which affects the bottom half of the eyelid internally, jelly like in consistency. Existence denied by vet and removal by quacks illegal, though it has been proven to be effective recently in one or two cases. |
a chailleach ribeach | a growth of tough fibrous substance over the molars which inhibited grazing, once cut the beast returned to normal. |
an tuairealan | looping ill. |
an spog dhubh | extremities go black, accompanied by decomposing smell even when animal is still living. |
spùt | diarrhoea. |
tinneas a ghortain | [?] red or amber urine. |
11. Miscellaneous |
sugan | calf. |
treud | herd. |
ann an amhainn | in an awkward position which renders her helpless. |
ann an suil cruthaich | stuck in a bog. |
buachar | dung. |