umpa

See also: Umpa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish impu. Cognates include Irish umpu and Manx moo.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈuːmp(ə)/[1], [ˈʉːmp(ə)]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈuːmbə/[2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈuːmbʌ/[3]

Pronoun

umpa

  1. (dated) third-person plural of mu: about them

Usage notes

  • Rarely used now outside of the set phrase cuir umpa (“put on (of clothes)”). More commonly replaced by a compound preposition form such as timcheall orra or mun cuairt orra.

Inflection

Personal inflection of mu
Person: simple emphatic
singular first umam umamsa
second umad umadsa
third m uime uimesan
f uimpe uimpese
plural first umainn umainne
second umaibh umaibhse
third umpa umpasan

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 105
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 73
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 101
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