gaauin
Manx
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaauin
- genitive of gaaue
- 1953, John Comes, Noon as Noal: Skeeal Liorish Juan y Comish, Arabagh Vecca:
- Ta raa elley ayn nagh jeanym dy bragh jarrood. Ny tree reddyn s’feayrey t’ayn, “Ingan gaauin, stroin coiyn as thoyn woirrinagh.” Nod shiu cur Baarle er shen?
- There’s another saying I won’t ever forget. The three coldest things there are, “A smith’s anvil, a hound’s nose and a female’s bottom.” Can you give the English for that?