glugan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From glug (“gulp; gurgle”) +‎ -an (diminutive suffix).

Noun

glugan m (genitive singular glugain, plural gluganan)

1. faint noise of a fluid confined in a vessel
2. gurgling noise of water against the side of a vessel
3. humbling in the intestines
4. rolling motion, as of a ship at sea.
5. (anatomy) uvula
6. gurgle (gurgling noise)

Derived terms

• dèan glugan (“gurgle”, verb)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “glugan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN