“bho” on Scots Gaelic-Tuhua dictionary

prep+ dat + len from □ also found in the form o (q.v.) The prep prons are formed thus: bhuam from me bhuat from you bhuaithe from him / it masc bhuaipe from her / it fem bhuainn from us bhuaibh from you pl & polite bhuapa from them The emph forms of these are: bhuamsa, bhuatsa, bhuaithe-san, bhuaipse, bhuainne, bhuaibhse, bhuapasan The prep poss adjs are usually used in uncontracted form: bho mo from my bho do from your etc. – though a contracted form may be employed (though not recommended in writing) □ mar gum bitheadh cudrom air èirigh bhom fheòil as if a weight had risen from my flesh Examples: bho muigh extraneous □ bho dhoras gu doras from door to door □ note also: bha companaidh bho chompanaidh a’ tuiteam company after company was falling □ … bailtean- fearainn a gheibh iad bith-beò math bhuapa … farms from which they get a good living □ … mu mhile gu leth a dh’astar bhuam … about a mile and a half [of distance] from me □ bidh iongantas ort litir fhaighinn bhuamsa you will be surprised to get a letter from me □ bha mi eòlach gu leòr air fhaicinn bhuam I knew him well enough by sight (lit. I was sufficiently acquainted on him to see from me) □ bhiodh e a’ faicinn Màiri bhuaithe uaireannan he would sometimes see Mary at a distance □ chan fhairich sinn bhuainn ni nach robh againn we shall not miss what we did not have (lit. feel from us a thing that was not at us) □ co bhuaithe? from whom? □ cò shùilicheadh an fhreagairt seo bhuaithe? who would have expected this reply from him? □ … mar a shùilicheadh sinn bhuaithe … as we would expect from it / him □ tha mi an dòchas gun cluinn mi bhuaibh a dh’aithghearr I hope I hear from you soon (i.e. hoping to hear etc.) □ but note also: ge air bith a bha aige no a bha bhuaithe whatever he had or didn’t have □ chan fhairicheadh e an t-airgead bhuaithe he wouldn’t miss the money