Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Donald Craig
Age
c. 70
Location
Arran, Pirnmill
Date
1967
[fɔnt̪[ui]n] Notes: thistles (north end).
[ɡɫɛnʹəṉ]Quotation: Cha bhiodh móran ann le [ɡɫɛnʹəṉ] móra ann.
[jɑmər]Notes: hammer.
[lɛ̣v]Quotation: Tha i [lɛ̣v] do’n soisgeul. Notes: [lɛ̣vəɣ] found also.
[pjɑʳtʃ]Notes: plough.
mathQuotation: Chan eil Seonaidh gu [mɛ].
madag-dùn[mɑd̪ɑk d̪uṉ] Notes: otter.
ministearQuotation: … nuair a bha esan ’na [vĩ'iʃtʹər].
mulanQuotation: also b) mulan feur. Notes: stack of sheaves. b) haystack.
ràsdal[rɛ̜sd̪əɫ] Notes: rake.
annQuotation: Cha bhi ann [ɑ̄n] idir nis.
iolaire[ɛ̜ɫərə] Notes: eagle.
obairQuotation: Robh obair trom [opər trom] anns a’ speal. Notes: masculine in Arran Gaelic.
Oidhche ShamhnaQuotation: Oidhche Shamhna, Bithidh na laoigh ’nan gaimhne [i:çə hɑvənʹə bi n̪ə ɫwi ən ən ɡɑvənʹə]. Notes: saying.
os cionn (?)Quotation: [əsɡiṉ] [ɫɑpi].
othaisg[oˈəsk]
speid[spɛ̜d̪] Notes: spade.
balachQuotation: na [bɑlı] [?]. Notes: ‘balaich’.
bàthaich[bɑˈçi] Notes: byre.
beul-man-ruadh[bɛ̜ɫ məṉ ruə] Notes: type of hawk.
breac[brɛʰk] Notes: trout.
cailleach-oidhcheQuotation: cailleach-oidhche [i:çɛ]. Notes: owl.
caoraQuotation: An do lomair thu caoraich [kɛ̜rə]?
ceannQuotation: Fhuair mise bean as a’ cheann [çɛn] mu thuath.
cearc-fhraoich[kɛrk ə frɛ̜əx] Notes: grouse.
cearc-liath[kɛ̜rk lʹiə] Notes: female.
ciallan[kiəɫ[ɑı]n] Notes: beard. (Feusag also used.)
ciosair[kesər] Notes: hammer.
coileach-dubh[kɛ̜ɫəx d̪u:] Notes: blackcock.
dulQuotation: Am biodh móran daoine a’ dul aig an ám sin suas agus sios aig ám na holidays.
earbull[ʌrpʌɫ]
eun[ɛəṉ] Notes: chicken.
famailean[fɑməɫəṉ] Notes: thistles (south end).
faoileag[fɛ̜:ɫɑk]
feamaireNotes: seaweed.
fuaran[fuər[ɑı]ṉ] Notes: also [brɑd̪[ɑı]ṉ] etc. Final /ɑn/ > /[ɑı]n/.
gearrag[ɡjɑrɑk] Notes: hare.
greipe sgra[ɡrɛpə skrɛ̜] Notes: for cutting turf off peat.

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