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Tongue

Tunga

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Location

Sutherland

Highland

IV27

NC590567


English / Map Form: Tongue

Gaelic Form: Tunga


Location: Sutherland, Highland

Post Town: LAIRG

Postcode area: IV27

County: Sutherland

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Tongue

Gaelic Form: Tunga


Genitive Form: Thunga

Sources

Lands of Towng 1529 RSS ii, 624
Towng 1551 RSS iv, 1371
Towng 1555 RSS iv, 3060
Towng 1565 RMS iv, 1635
TVNG c. 1591 Pont map 2r
Tung c. 1591 Pont map 2v
Toung 1616 Retours (Sutherland) 4

Tunga Tung-g Robertson Collection MS358, 52
Tunga Dwelly 1912
Braetongue: Bràigh Thung’: S. Grannd Faclair
Caolas Tung’: S. Grannd Faclair

Additional Information

According to Robertson and Grannd the name lenites in the genitive (except after s).

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