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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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meli
,
mealie
,
mealish
noun
sugar
20-
.
etymology:
from Latin
mel, mellis
‘honey’; form
meili
collected by
TN
and attested in Beurla Reagaird; form
meli
attested in Shelta; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies