aboot-kast

Scots

Etymology

O.N. umkast, turning round, change; the prefix (as in the preceding word) has been translated aboot, while kast remained.

Pronunciation

(Insular) IPA^(key): /əˈbutkast/

Noun

aboot-kast (plural aboot-kasts)

(Orkney) sudden veering round of the wind;
(Shetland) the time of the equinox.

References

“aboot-kast, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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