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Totaig

Totaig

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Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV55

NG198506


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.

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