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

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