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.