aboot-gaain
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Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]aboot + gaain; Calque of Old Norse umganga (“to go round”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Northern Isles) IPA(key): /əˈbutɡ(j)aːn/
Adjective
[edit]aboot-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, 2004–present, →OCLC.