Matheson Collection > Gaelic grammar, containing the parts of speech and the general principles of phonology and etymology, with a chapter on proper and place names

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punntainn, punnainn, funntainn f. henumbment with cold or
damp, Sc. ixinày funny
-p- for -b- ; through misunderstanding of eclipsis : —
Bioball, pronounced and sometimes written Pioball m. Bible
campar m. vexation, Sc. cumber
plangaid f. blanket
bùlas m. pothook, pùlas, fòlais
conversely bundaist m. E. poundage, grassum
-p- for -t- : cuspunn, cusmunn, E. custom : cuspair mark, E.
customer
-ph- for -f-, through misunderstanding of aspiration : —
phill turn, for fill. The perf. with do — gives rise to a third
stem, till
-b- for -m- : —
braich f. malt : O.G. mraich
brath m. betrayal : O.G. mrath
brugh m. hostel : O.G. mrug
breac, speckled : O.G. mrechd
-b- for -w- : — barant : E. warrant
bathar : E. wares
buaic : E. wick
buinn : E. win
-b- is intruded in : —
criombanach niggard : crioman, creim
domblas m. gall, O.G. do-mlas
lamban m. milk curdled by rennet : slaman
lombair bare, O.G. lommar
-m- for -b- :■ —
bealaidh m. broom, also mealaidh, mealaich
binid f. rennet, minid
boile f. rage, moile f. impatience
buntàta m. potato, muntàta
mealag f. E. belly
-mh- for -nn- (merely a matter of spelling) : —
comhlach for connlach f. straw
comhspoid for connspoid f. wrangle
cramhlach for crannlach m. tulchan calf
damhsa for dannsa m. dance