| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| Pace | Easter | |
| Pack an' thick | confidential. | |
| packman | a travelling merchant | |
| paction | packtion | bargain+ deal |
| pad | path | |
| paewae | pale+ sickly+ drooping | |
| paidle | paddle | |
| paidle | nail-bag | |
| paigle | housework+ chores | |
| paik | beat | |
| painch | paunch | |
| paip | fruit kernel or stone | |
| pair | pair | |
| paircel | parcel | |
| pairish | parish | |
| pairk | park | |
| pairt | part | |
| pairtial | partial | |
| pairtie | pairty | party |
| pairtner | partner | |
| paitren | paittren+ paittern+ pattren | pattern |
| paitrick | a partridge; used equivocally of a wanton girl. | |
| pal | friend+ befriend | |
| palaiver | palaver+ a fuss+ a fussy person | |
| pale | a small shovel or scoop | |
| palie | thin+ pale+ sickly-looking+ | |
| pall | a pole+ strong post | |
| pallal(s) | hopscotch | |
| pan | skull+ cranium+ solid soil | |
| pan-jotral(s) | odds and ends of food | |
| pane | a sheet of glass | |
| pang | ache+ pain+ cram full | |
| pant | fun+ a prank | |
| pap | the uvula+ a conical hill+ | |
| pap | touch + strike lightly+ throw+ aim | |
| Pape | the Pope+ a catholic | |
| paraud | parawd | parade+ procession+ march |
| Parishen | the parish. | |
| parr | a young salmon | |
| parrie | parry | waste time+ dawdle+ delay |
| parritch | porridge | |
| parritch-pats | porridge-pots | |
| partan | edible crab | |
| parteeclar | parteicular+ parteiclar | confidential |
| pat | pot | |
| pat | put | |
| pattie | clay or earthen ware (marble) | |
| pattle | pettle | |
| pauchle | pochle | a small load+ bundle+ a swindle |
| paughty | haughty | |
| paukie | pauky | |
| paum | pawm | palm of hand |
| paumie | pawmie | belt on the hand with tawse |
| paut | pawt | strike the ground with the foot |
| paveelion | paveilion | pavilion |
| paw | pa | dad (father) |
| pawkie | matter-of-fact humorous outlook | |
| pawkie | a mitten | |
| pawky | cunning+ sly | |
| pawnd | a pawn+ a pledge+ a pawnshop | |
| peace | paice | peace |
| pearl | purl+ a stitch in knitting | |
| pease | piz+ pizz | pea+ peas |
| peasie | a small marble | |
| peat | peat | |
| pech | pant | |
| pechan | the stomach. | |
| pechie | pechy | short winded |
| pechin | panting | |
| pecht | out of breath+ a Pikt | |
| peck | a measure of weight | |
| peek | peik | tiny point of light+ tongue of flame |
| peel | peil | an equal match+ a stockade |
| peeler | a small crap at shell casting time | |
| peelie-wallie | peilie-wallie | pale |
| peend | pein+ peen | sloping point at the end of a roof |
| peenge | peinge | whine |
| peenie | peinie | pinafore |
| peeoy | peioy | schoolchild's home-made firework |
| peep | peip | small flame from a gas cooker |
| peerie | peirie | little+ a fircone+ a spinning top |
| peetie | peity | pity |
| peetifu | pitiful | |
| peewee | lapwing | |
| peil | peel | pill+ a tablet |
| peir | peer | pear |
| pen | a pointed conical hill | |
| pend | an arch | |
| pennie | penny | |
| penny-fee | wage in money | |
| penny-wheep | small beer | |
| pent | paint | |
| penter | painter | |
| pentit | painted | |
| perfaission | profession | |
| perfit | perfect | |
| perjink | neat | |
| perk | a pole or rod | |
| permeession | permeision | permission |
| pernicketie | pernickity | particular+ fastidious+ difficult |