cuilean

See also: cùilean

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Irish coileán and Manx quallian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰulan/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈkʰʉlan][1]

Noun

cuilean m (genitive singular cuilein, plural cuileanan)

  1. puppy

References

  1. ^ 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
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