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.