bekaa-yaa

Definition: be quiet, quiet down, stop crying, stop yelling

bekaa-yaa
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbekaa-yaa;
>3sCCONJ byekaa-yaat; 1 be quiet, quiet down, stop crying, stop yelling. Bneshiinh, bekaa-yaan!
>Bird, be quiet! LW1979.cs. Maapiich go da-bekaa-yaa biibiins; aabdek go ko ke-mwi jibwaa-nbaat.
>The baby will stop crying eventually; he usually has to cry before he falls asleep. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bekaa-ayaa.

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: n72976551906n
GKS Reference Number: 12025
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