aboot-gaain

Scots

Alternative forms

aboot-gaan

Etymology

Aboot here seems an anglicising of O.N. um, around; umganga, to go round.

Pronunciation

(Insular) IPA^(key): /əˈbutgjaːn/ invalid IPA characters (g), replace g with ɡ, /-gaːn/ invalid IPA characters (g), replace g with ɡ

Adjective

aboot-gaain (not comparable)

(Orkney, Shetland) going about, whirling, veering, wandering;

References

“aboot-gaain, ppl. adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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