aboot-gaain
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editaboot + gaain; Calque of Old Norse umganga (“to go round”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Northern Isles) IPA(key): /əˈbutɡ(j)aːn/
Adjective
editaboot-gaain
- (Northern Isles) going about, whirling, veering, wandering
References
edit- “aboot-gaain, ppl. adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.