English / Map Form: Totaig
Gaelic Form: Totaig
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode area: IV55
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B884
English / Map Form: Totaig
Gaelic Form: Totaig
Language Notes
ON nom. sg. topt, fem. ‘site of a ruin’ + possibly ON vík, fem. ‘bay’Element Meaning
ON topt ~ site of a ruin; ON vík ~ bay
Sources
| Totatheag | 1820 Thomson |
| An Tobhtaig | Dwelly 1912 |
| TOTAIG toft of or on the bay… totavig | Forbes, 432 |
| an Tobhtaig | Watson 1904, 173 |
| [ˈtʰoʰˌtεkʲ] | local source, Sgianaidean |
| [ˈtʰoʰˌtεkʲ] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
| [ˈtʰoʰˌtεkʲ] | local source, Àrnasdal |
Additional Information
It is unclear what the final syllable represents, but for the purposes of orthography Totaig fits.