aboot-gaain

== Scots == === Alternative forms === aboot-gaan === Etymology === aboot +‎ gaain; Calque of Old Norse umganga (“to go round”). === Pronunciation === (Insular Scots) IPA(key): /əˈbutɡ(j)aːn/ === Adjective === aboot-gaain (Insular Scots) going about, whirling, veering, wandering === References === “aboot-gaain, ppl. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.