English / Map Form: Tote
Gaelic Form: Tota
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
Postcode area: IV51
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A850
English / Map Form: Tote
Gaelic Form: Tota
Language Notes
ON nom. sg. topt, fem. ‘site of a ruin’Element Meaning
ON topt ~ site of a ruin
Sources
| Totua | 1596 RMS vi no. 453 |
| Cott (vel Tott) | 1688 Retours (Inverness) no. 109 |
| Tota, Tobhta ruins of a house | Forbes, 431 |
| Tota /td> | Robertson |
| [tʰoʰˌt] | local source, Sgianaidean |
| [tʰoʰˌt] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
Additional Information
This name has been treated as of Norse origin, since its meaning is generally unknown to our local sources and the article is absent.