1. Different stages in the growth of cattle |
laogh | a calf. |
biorach | a year old or heifer. |
seachlach | a barren heifer. |
bo bhainne | a milk cow. |
gamhnach | a farrow cow. |
male: |
laogh | calf. |
tarbhan | a little bull. |
tarbh | a bull. |
tarbh òg | a young bull. |
damh | an ox. |
2. Breeds of cattle |
crodh Gaidhealach | Highland cattle, molach anns a chalg. |
crodh “Ayrshire” | mìn sleamhainn anns a chalg. |
“Aberdeen Angus” | trom na corp. |
3. Outward appearance of cattle |
ban | white. |
dubh | black. |
ruadh | red. |
breac | speckled. |
odhar | dun. |
glas | grey. |
4. Names for certain beasts, e.g. an animal on which the owner bestows particular attention |
bo-bainne na mart-bainne | |
bo òg na agh aig a cheud laogh | |
5. Parts of the body |
an ceann agus am muinneil | the head and neck. |
adharcean | horns. |
bathais | forehead. |
clar-aodainn | forehead. |
beul | mouth. |
calg | hair. |
fionnadh | hair. |
seiche | hide. |
gualainn | shoulder. |
slinnean | shoulder. |
broilleach | breast. |
casan-toisich | forelegs. |
cnamh-droma | backbone. |
smior a chnaimh droma | spinal cord. |
an ceathramh deireadh | hindquarter. |
alt na sleinne | [sic] hips. [NOTES: in his ’sheep’ questionnaire, Mr Currie has here ‘alt na sleisne’.] |
bun an earbuill | rump. |
earball | tail. |
ugh | udder. |
ballan | udder. |
sine | teats. |
ballan | teats. |
feithean | muscles. |
feidh-lughaidh | tendon. |
ceanglachan | ligament. |
maoth chnaimh | cartilage. |
cridhe | heart. |
cuisle | artery. |
cuisle | veins. |
feith | veins. |
fuil | blood. |
sgamhan | lungs. |
aotraman | bladder. |
steic-braghad | wind-pipe. |
braig an scornain | larynx. |
grùdhan | liver. |
dubhagan | kidneys. |
domhlas | gall bladder. |
faireagan | glands. |
colag a chait | spleen. |
slugan | gullet. |
caolanan | intestines. |
an caolan mu’n cuairt | colon. |
geir | abdominal fat. |
geir na loineachan | loin fat. |
6. Calving |
a breith | calving. |
Bò na mart a dol a dhàir | |
7. Milking |
a bleoghan | milking. |
deoghail | suckling. |
nùs | a cow’s first milk. |
am bleoghan | milking time. |
Vessels and measures used at milking time: |
cùman | a cogue, a pail. |
cuinneag | a pail. |
pinnt | pint. |
dà phinnt | 2 pints. |
galan | gallon. |
8. Feeding |
biathadh | feeding. |
beathaich | feeding. |
biathadh as an laimh | hand-feeding. |
boitean trathaich | |
boitean na feur | |
boitean na arbhar | |
ultach | bundle of straw. |
madainn agus feasgar | feeding times. |
crimeagan arain, buntata bruich | scraps [fed to cattle]. |
a toirt uisge dhaibh le cuinneag na miodar | indoor watering. |
ga’n leigeil a mach gus an t’ sruthan na an abhuinn | outdoor watering. |
a ionaltradh spreidh na crodh | grazing cattle. |
air ionaltradh | grazing before morning milking. |
buachaillachd | tending of cattle. |
saodadh | driving cattle to and from grazing. |
am buachaille | the herdsman. |
a bhanarach | the herdsmaid. |
9. Apparatus |
uidheam na acainn | |
buaigheal | stall. |
prasach | far am bheil am fodar air a chur anns a bhuaigheal air beulthaobh an spreidh. |
ceangail | neck rope. |
teaghair | tether. |
cipein | tether stake. |
braid | collar. |
coileir | collar. |
spearag | fetter for milking. |
buarach | fetter for milking. |
spearrach | fetter joining fore-leg and hind-leg. |
cudthrom | weight tied to an animal to prevent its escape. |
soucein | instrument, usually spiked, attached to a calf’s mouth to prevent its suckling its mother. |
10. Diseases |
[note] | (not answered) |
11. Miscellaneous |
trobhad, trobhad, trobhad | call to a cow. |
laoghan, laoghan, laoghan | call to a calf. |
spreidh | herd or any collection of cattle. |
Tha a bho ann am fèidh | term used when a cow gets into a position which renders her useless [sic: the questionnaire has ‘helpless’], e.g. stuck in a bog. |
Tha a bho ann am poll moine | term used when a cow gets into a position which renders her useless [sic: the questionnaire has ‘helpless’], e.g. stuck in a bog. |
inner | cow dung. |
tobhar | cow dung. |