cantainn
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, much of Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰãn̪ˠt̪iɲ/, (unstressed rapid speech) /ˈkʰãn̪ˠt̪ə/[1]
- (Trotternish, Lochalsh) IPA(key): /ˈkʰãnhiɲ/[2]
- (Applecross) IPA(key): /ˈkʰãhiɲ/[2]
Noun
cantainn m (chiefly Lewis, Harris, Skye and Wester Ross)
- verbal noun of can
Synonyms
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages 55, 133