| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| jabble | splash+ choppy sea | |
| jad | a jade | |
| jad | a woman past her prime | |
| jag | prick+ injection | |
| jaicket | jaikit | jacket |
| jalouse | suspect+ guess+ imagine | |
| jandies | jaundice | |
| janitor | caretaker | |
| Janwar | januar | January |
| jarg | creak | |
| jaud | jade | |
| jauk | to trifle | |
| jauner | gabber | |
| jauntie | dim. of jaunt | |
| jaup | splash | |
| jaur | jar | |
| jaurie | earthenware marble | |
| jaw | ja | surge of water+ pour+ splash |
| jaw | talk | |
| jaw | to throw | |
| jaw-box | a sink+ drain | |
| jaw-hole | sewer | |
| jealous | jailous+ jeilous+ jeelous+ | jealous |
| Jeddart | Jedburgh | |
| jeeg | jeig | a jig |
| jeeg | to jog | |
| jeeger | jeger | odd or eccentric person |
| jeegle | jeigle | jog+ shake about+ jiggle |
| jeel | geel+ geal+ geil | congeal |
| jeelie | jeilie+ jeely | jelly+ jam |
| Jennie's blae een | speedwell | |
| Jennie-lang-legs | cranefly+ daddy-long-legs | |
| jillet | a flirt | |
| Jillet | a jilt | |
| jilp | spurting+ splashing water | |
| jimp | slender+ contract | |
| jimp | small | |
| jimply | neatly | |
| jimps | stays | |
| jing-bang | a considerable number | |
| jingle | noisy mirth+ an instant | |
| jink | turn quickly+ dodge | |
| jink | the slip | |
| jink | to frisk | |
| jinker | dodger (coquette); a jinker noble; a noble goer | |
| jinkin' | dancing | |
| jirble | spill and splash | |
| jirkinet | bodice | |
| jirt | a jerk | |
| jist | just | |
| jiz | a wig | |
| jo | joe | sweetheart |
| joco | cheerful | |
| jocteleg | a clasp-knife | |
| jog on yer gate | be on your way | |
| jonick | genuine+ fair+ honest | |
| joskin | country bumpkin | |
| jossle | shake+ totter | |
| jotter | joater | notebook |
| joug | joog | jug |
| jougle | joogle | juggle |
| jouk | jook+ deuk | duck v. + avoid |
| jouks | swerve | |
| jouter | jooter | saunter+ totter |
| jow | to jow | |
| jowe | bell ring | |
| joyfu' | joyful | |
| juidge | judge | |
| juidges | judges | |
| Juin | June | |
| juist | jist | just |
| juist | enough | |
| Julie | July | |
| jummle | jumble | |
| jumpet | jumpit | |
| jumpin-raip | skipping rope | |
| jundie | a steady pace | |
| jundie | to jostle | |
| jurr | a servant wench | |
| jute | jute | |
| jyle | jile | goal |
| jyne | jine | join |
| jyner | jiner | carpenter |
| kae | jackdaw+ its call | |
| kail | kale | cabbage+ soup |
| kail | kale | |
| kail-blade | the leaf of the colewort | |
| kail-gullie | a cabbage knife | |
| kail-runt | the stem of the colewort | |
| kail-whittle | a cabbage knife | |
| kail-yard | a kitchen garden | |
| kailwirm | caterpillar | |
| kailyaird | kitchen garden | |
| kaim | kame | comb |
| kain | kane | |
| kaip | kep | cap |
| kaitie beardie | loach | |
| kame | a comb | |
| kebars | rafters | |
| kebbock | kebbuck | cheese |