aboot-kast

Scots

Alternative forms

• aboot cast (Shetland)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse umkast, turning round, change; the prefix (as in the preceding word) has been translated aboot, while kast remained.

Pronunciation

• (Northern Isles) IPA^(key): /əˈbutkast/

Noun

aboot-kast

1. (Orkney) Sudden veering round of the wind.
2. (Shetland) The time of the equinox.

References

• “aboot-kast, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.