bejtaa

Definition: be slow

bejtaa
>vai
>1sIND nbejtaa;
>3sCCONJ byejtaat; 1 be slow. Wewiip! Zaam gbejtaam.
>Hurry up! You (pl) are too slow. LW1988.cs. Gii-zaami-bejtaa zhibiiget; gaawii gii-de-giizhiitaa-sii.
>She was too slow writing; she didn't have a chance to finish. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bejitaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72976548441n
GKS Reference Number: 12022
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