| *Aber | mouth/ confluence of a river |
| *Aird, ard | height, promontory |
| *Allt, ault | stream |
| *An | a diminutive, as in lochan |
| *An | of the |
| *Aros | dwelling |
| *Auch | ach, firld |
| *Ay | island |
| *Ba, bo | cow |
| *Bal, baile | town, homestead |
| *Ban | white, fair |
| *Barr, | promontory, top |
| *Beag, beg | little |
| *Bealach, balloch | mountain pass |
| *Bean | women |
| *Ben, beann, beinn | mountain |
| *Bhlair, blar | plain |
| *Bhuidhe, bui, vuie | yellow |
| *Brae, braigh, bread | upper part |
| *Breac, vrackie | speckled, variegated |
| *Cailleach | nun, old woman |
| *Cam, cambus | crooked |
| *Caolas | a strait, a firth |
| *Car | a bend or winding |
| *Carn, cairn | heap of stones |
| *Ceann, ken, kin, | head, end |
| *Cil, kil | church |
| *Clach, cloich | stone |
| *Clachan | a place of stone, a hamlet |
| *Cladach | shore, beach |
| *Cnoc | hill, knoll |
| *Coille, killie | wood |
| *Coire, corrie | hollow |
| *Creag | rock, cliff |
| *Cruach | rick, stack |
| *Cul, coul | back, recess |
| *Dal, dail | field |
| *Dalr | valley |
| *Damph, damh | ox, stag |
| *Darach | an oak |
| *Dearg | red |
| *Dour | water |
| *Druim, drum | ridge, back |
| *Dubh, dhu | black |
| *Dun | hill fort |
| *Eaglais | church |
| *Eas | waterfall, ravine |
| *Eilean, ey | island |
| *Fada | long |
| *Fail | rock, cliff |
| *Fear, fir, fhir | man |
| *Fionn, fyne | white, shining |
| *Froach | heather |
| *Garbh, garve, | rough, rugged |
| *Gart | an enclosed space |
| *Gearr, gair | short |
| *Geo, gia, gio | chasm, rift |
| *Gil | ravine |
| *Gille | lad, pl gillean |
| *Glass | grey |
| *Gleo, gloe | mist |
| *Gobha, gowan | blacksmith |
| *Gore | blue or green |
| *Holm | uninhabited island |
| *How, haugr | burial mound |
| *Inch, innis | island |
| *Inver, inbhir | mouth of a river |
| *Ken, kin | head, promontory |
| *Kil | church, burying-place |
| *Knock | knoll |
| *Kyle | a strait, a firth |
| *Lag, laggan | hollow |
| *Larach | site of an old ruin |
| *Larig | pass, mountain track |
| *Leac | flagstone |
| *Leana | a plain |
| *Learg | hillside or slope |
| *Liath | grey |
| *Linn, linne | pool |
| *Lis, lies | fortress. now a garden |
| *Loch | lake: |
| *Lochan | small lake |
| *Machar | plane by the sea |
| *Maol, meal, mam | bare headland |
| *Mon, monach | moorland |
| *Mór, more | great, extensive |
| *Mul, muli | promontory |
| *Na, nam, nan | of the |
| *Ob, oba, oban | bay |
| *Ochter | high-lying |
| *Oe | island |
| *Pit, pet | homestead, hollow |
| *Poll | pool |
| *Quoich, cuach | cup |
| *Rath, | fort |
| *Reidh | smooth |
| *Riach, riabhack | brindled |
| *Ross | peninsular, forest |
| *Ru, rhu, row, rudha | point |
| *Sgeir, skerry | sea rock |
| *Sgor, scuir, sgurr | sharp rock |
| *Slochd, sloc | hollow, a grave |
| *Spideal, spittal | hospice |
| *Strath | broad valley |
| *Strone | nose, promontory |
| *Struan, struth | stream |
| *Tarbert, tarbet | isthmus |
| *Tigh, tay | house |
| *Tir | land |
| *Tobar | well |
| *Tom | hillock, bush |
| *Torr | round hill, heap |
| *Tulloch, tilly, tullu | knoll |
| *Uachdar, ochter | high-lying, upper |
| *Uamh | cave |
| *Uig | nook, sheltered bay |
| *Uisge, esk | water |
| *Voe | narrow bay |
| *Wik, vik | bay or creek |
