Map Reference: Sandaig 97
Name Type: shore
Meaning: The three forms are hard to reconcile. The specific is opaque, but might be a male ON personal name such as Tunni. The generic may be ON sker ‘skerry’ or ON gjá ‘gully’ in view of its location.
Other Forms: Tonnaigeir - HMcL
Toinisgeir - Bailtean is Ath-Ghairmean, Niall M Brownlie, Argyll Publishing, 1995, p160.
Tunagair, Hugh MacLean, Barrapol, collected by Ailean Boyd
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Languages : NorseInformants: Hugh MacLean, Barrapol, 11/1995
Informant 2: Bailtean is Ath-Ghairmean, Niall M Brownlie, Argyll Publishing, 1995, p160.
Informant 3: Hugh MacLean, Barrapol, collected by Ailean Boyd
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