Vocabulary of Shetland Dialect in 1905

Nouns, definite articles, plurals

1.    mother           midderr, da midderr, midderrs
2.    father           fedderr, da fedderr, fedderrs
3.    sister           sisterr, da sisterr, sisterrs
4.    brother           bridderr, da bridderr, bridderrs
5.    daughter           dowchterr, da dowchterr, dowchterrs
6.    son           son, da son, sons


1.    water           watterr, da watterr
2.    fire           fyrre, da fyrre, fyrres
3.    sun           sunn, da sunn
4.    moon           moen, da moen, moens
5.    wind           wind, da wind, winds
6.    rain          


1.    one           een
2.    two           twa
3.    three           trree
4.    four           fohrr
5.    five           five
6.    six           sax


1.    cat           cat, da cat, cats
2.    dog           dog, da dog, dogs
3.    horse           horrse, da horrse, horrses
4.    cow           coo, da coo, kye
5.    fish          
6.    bird          
7.    tree           trree, da trree,trrees
8.    flower           floorr, da floorr, floorrs


1.    white           hwate
2.    black           black
3.    red           rreid
4.    green           grreen
5.    yellow          
6.    blue          
7.    grey           grray
8.    brown          


Shetland dialect was spoken in

Lerwick
Toft


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