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Informant(s)
Name
Joseph Lobban
Age
c. 80
Origin
Nethy Bridge
Location
Inverness-shire, Nethy Bridge
Date
05/1969
Notes
  • [NOTES: in IPA transcriptions, the fieldworker uses [w] for [ɯ].]
locair-sguits[ɫɔxkəɾsku̟ṯʃ] Notes: jack-plane.
luinnean[ɫũ̜nʹɑṉ] Notes: ankle. “Innean” in some places. (?)
luip[ɫ[u̜i]p] Notes: lip.
min-sàbhaidh[mĩn̪sɑ:i] Notes: sawdust.
nèib[nʹɛ̃:b] Notes: turnip.
sac[sɑxk] Notes: a load.
sgaolan[sɡw̃:ɫɑṉ] Notes: “skull” – a basket made of wire with a handle at each end. Used for turnips, potatoes, etc. “sgùlan” in other parts.
sloip[sɫ[ɤı]p] Notes: a sledge drawn by horses.
smig[smĩɡʹ] Notes: chin.
sùisdNotes: flail. [NOTES: slipped under ‘sùist’.]
tarbh[t̪ɑɾu̟] Notes: bull.
tramaNotes: (pl. tramachan) Shaft of a cart.
treabh[t̪ɾɛv] Notes: two stooks of corn each with twelve sheaves. Workers paid for every two stooks completed.
tùlsag[t̪u̜:ɫsɑɡ] Quotation: Bha tùlsagan mór aige. Notes: a wrist. (?)
amallNotes: swingle-tree.
bàldair (sic)Notes: scythe.
bioragNotes: spiked muzzle put on calf to prevent it suckling.
brodNotes: bradawl.
cileab[ciləb] Notes: a splinter of wood.
cliathanNotes: harrows.
clòineag[kɫɔ:nʹɑɡ] Notes: a snowflake.
croiseagNotes: a small potato.
cruach-saidhNotes: haystack.
drochaid[d̪ɾɔxidʹ] Notes: the “bridge” on a cart saddle. The groove where the back-chain rests.
dromaileis[d̪ɾoməleʃ] Notes: back-chain going over cart-saddle.
earballNotes: tail.
feur-saidh[fıɑɾsɤi] Notes: hay.
gilm[ɡʹwləm] Notes: rabbit [sic] [rabbet?] plane, a very narrow plane for use in corners.

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