làmh | Quotation: air an làmh bhàn. Notes: (heard in Lewis) a hire purchase, deferred payment. |
riamalach | Notes: slow to move. D. Archie MacDonald’s from riamannach. |
rongach | Notes: (Donald Archie MacDonald) slow to move. |
prabalais | Quotation: Thog i prabalais de Ghàidhlig. Notes: ‘smattering’. |
puingreadh | Quotation: puingreadh de chnatan. Notes: bad doze (e.g. of cold). (Word known in Skye.) |
sgaileag | Quotation: sgaileag(an) a’ bhuachair. Notes: mushrooms. Donald Archie MacDonald’s form: sgalagan-buachair also known as sgalag a’ bhuachaille. |
sglungaid | Notes: ‘smugaid mhòr uaine’. |
sochaireach | Notes: used in parts of Argyll in the sense of ‘imbecile’. |
turtraich | Quotation: Bha turtraich Bheurla aige. Notes: ‘a smattering’. |
aithne | Quotation: ’S mise chuir an aithne a chèile iad. Notes: introduced them to each other. |
ballan | Notes: barrel for catching water from roof. |
bàn | Quotation: air an làmh bhàn. Notes: (heard in Lewis) on hire purchase, deferred payment. |
bròg | Quotation: Chàin e gu bhrògan e. Notes: in phr. gu a bhrògan. |
buinteagan | Quotation: b(p)uinteagan. Notes: leaf of sealbhag. |
deòthanach | Quotation: deòthanach beag. Notes: used, e.g. of a small, feeble trout. |
doichcleach | Notes: (Scalpay word) shy. |
duilean | Quotation: an duilean. Notes: gift sent to mother when child was acknowledged; or, drink given when a newborn child was visited. |
duilein | Quotation: an duilein. Notes: N. Uist equivalent of ùrstan in Lewis – celebration of birth. From dubh-leann? |
fudanadh | Quotation: a’ fudanadh ’s a’ furaraich. Notes: expression used of being busy without achieving very much. |
furaraich | Quotation: a’ fudanadh ’s a’ furaraich. Notes: expression used of being busy without achieving very much. |
gil | Notes: (Harris word) watercourse running down side of mountain. |