LL-L: "Place names" LOWLANDS-L, 19.APR.2001 (03) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Place names"

> From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at btinternet.com]
> Subject: LL-L: "Place names" LOWLANDS-L, 18.APR.2001 (01) [E]
>
> At 22:26 18/04/01, +Fr Andreas Richard Turner wrote:
>
> >      "I am looking for the meaning of the word 'quathside' (or perhaps
> >even just
> >"quath").
>
> I haven't heard the word "quath" before, and it isn't in the CSD.
> In "Quathside", it could be the name of a local river or stream.
>
> Does anyone have the full SND to hand?

I've checked this in the SND with no luck.

The only ray of light I can see is that the sound [kw] may become [tw] and
vice versa in some dialects, eg "qua" for "twa" &c. But I can't find what
"twath" might mean, so I'm still stuck!

Sandy
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