punnd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰũːn̪ˠt̪/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /pʰɔ̃ũn̪ˠt̪/, [pʰɔ̃ʊ̃n̪̊ˠt̪][1]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /pʰuːn̪ˠt̪/[2]

Noun

punnd m (genitive singular puinnd, plural puinnd)

  1. pound (weight)
  2. pen, fold, enclosure for cattle

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
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “punnd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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