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Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

Informant(s)
Name
Barbara MacKay
Location
Sutherland, Talmine
Date
1969
Notes
  • [NOTES: in IPA transcriptions, the fieldworker uses [w] for [ɯ].]
muinntir[mɔ̃ĩnʹtʹəɾ] Quotation: “Bha muinntir dhiubh ann.” Notes: applied in Durness to “several” of anything.
ràmhQuotation: O, a’ ràmh! Notes: said to a person talking a lot on nonsense.
ràmhach[rɑ̃:vɑx] Notes: loud-mouthed.
cleamag[klemɑɡ] Notes: applied to a tinkerwife. (Proper name? Clementine?)
faoilidh[fw:li] Notes: easy-going, opp. of haughty, aloof.

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