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

1. (Northern Isles) going about, whirling, veering, wandering

References

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