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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From glug (“gulp; gurgle”) + -an (diminutive suffix).
Noun
glugan m (genitive singular glugain, plural gluganan)
- faint noise of a fluid confined in a vessel
- gurgling noise of water against the side of a vessel
- humbling in the intestines
- rolling motion, as of a ship at sea.
- (anatomy) uvula
- 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