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Ùna

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Cognate with Irish Úna.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ùna f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Una, Agnes, or Winifred

Mutation

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Mutation of Ù
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Ù n-Ù h-Ù t-Ù

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

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  • Ùna” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
  • “Ùna”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary[2], 2021