aboot-gaain

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Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

aboot-gaan

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Insular) IPA^(key): /əˈbutɡ(j)aːn/

Adjective[edit]

aboot-gaain

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

References[edit]

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

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