bhuapa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Bernera) IPA(key): /ˈfoh(ə)/, /ˈfoʰp(ə)/[1] (corresponding to the forms bhotha and bhopa)
  • (Lochs) IPA(key): /ˈfoʰp(ə)/[2] (corresponding to the form bhopa)
  • (Harris, Uist) IPA(key): /ˈvuəhpə/[1][3]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈvuəhə/[4] (corresponding to the form bhuatha)

Pronoun

bhuapa (emphatic bhuapasan)

  1. third-person plural of bho: from them

Inflection

Personal inflection of bhuapa
Person: simple emphatic
singular first bhuam bhuamsa
second bhuat bhuatsa
third m bhuaithe bhuaithesan
f bhuaipe bhuaipese
plural first bhuainn bhuainne
second bhuaibh bhuaibhse
third bhuapa bhuapasan

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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