aboot-gaain

Scots

Alternative forms

aboot-gaan

Etymology

aboot +‎ gaain; Calque of Old Norse umganga (“to go round”).

Pronunciation

(Insular) IPA^(key): /əˈbutɡ(j)aːn/

Adjective

aboot-gaain

(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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