Lessoon Hoght Feed as Shey: Kiannoortyssyn Dy Liooar
Lesson One Hundred and Sixty-Six: Governments Galore

hoght feed as shey (HAWKH-FEED-azz-SHAY) - 166
kiannoortyssyn (k’yann-OORT-iss-un) - governments
English ‘galore’ is from Gaelic ‘go leor’, which in Manx became ‘dy liooar’.

Co-loayrtys
Peddyr: Ta rouyr kiannoortys ayns Mannin. Yn ard-reiltys fo Tinvaal as eisht ooilley y kiannoortys ynnydagh shen lesh barrantee erskyn towse.
Ean: Cha nel mee ayns coardailys rhyt. Ta rouyr niart ec yn ard-reiltys nish.
Mannagh vel pooar ynnydagh ayn, cha nel sleih goaill moyrn ass y voayl raad t’ad cummal.
Peddyr: Foddee, agh va mish ayns coardailys rish yn imraa shen ‘Traa son Caghlaa’ va gra dy lhisagh shin geddyn rey rish ayrnyn jeh’n
chiannoortys ynnydagh.
Ean: Agh jeeagh er y stayd jeh Doolish neayr’s va pooar y Cho-chorp er ny ghiarrey.

rouyr (RA-oor) - too much
yn ard-reiltys (in-ERD-RAIL-tiss) - the central government
Generally, if ‘ard’ comes before a noun, it means ‘chief’ or ‘head’. If it comes after, it means ‘high’ in the physical sense.
fo Tinvaal (fo-tin-VAAL) - under Tynwald
ynnydagh (INN-id-akh) - local
barrantee (BARR-an-tee) - commissioners
erskyn (er-SKIN) - above
towse (towss) - measure
Cha nel mee ayns coardailys rhyt (ha-NELL-mee-unnss-kord-ALE-iss-RUT) - I’m not in agreement with you (‘I’m not in agreement to you’).
rhyt (rut) - to you
niart (n’yart) - strength
mannagh vel... (MANN-akh-VELL) - if there is not...
pooar (poor) - power

In Manx, if people are proud of something, they are ‘taking pride out of it’: Cha nel sleih goaill moyrn ass y voayl... (ha-NELL-SLY-goyl-MOHRN-ass-a-VAWL) - People are not proud of the place... (‘People are not taking pride out of the place...’).

yn imraa shen (in-imm-RAA-shen) - that report
dy lhisagh shin (the-L’YITH-akh-shin) - that we should
geddyn rey rish (GETH-un-RAY-rish) - getting rid of
ayrnyn (ARN-un) - parts
jeeagh! (jeekh) - look!
neayr’s (N’YIRR-us) - since
giarrey (G’YARR-a) - cutting