| 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. |
