bekaadzi
Definition:
be a quiet person, be quiet by nature
Body
bekaadzi
>vai NE
>1sIND nbekaadis;
>3sCCONJ byekaadzit; 1 be a quiet person, be quiet by nature. Gaawii nshkaaji-zhayaa-sii, bekaadzi, gchitwaa-zhayaa gewe, baapi'shwii gewe go pii waawnendang; gaawii gchi-giigda-sii maage mmaashkwaan'gidoo-zii.
>She is cool, quiet, and her stately manner can be disarmingly punctuated by a feminine laugh buffering any pretentious art speak or too much testosterone. MC2007.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bekaadizi.
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:
n72976551363n
GKS Reference Number:
12027