beshwaabndaan

Definition: narrowly miss having sth. happen to one

beshwaabndaan
>vti
>1sIND nbeshwaabndaan;
>3sCCONJ byeshwaabndang; 1 narrowly miss having sth. happen to one. Gegeti gii-beshwaabndaan wii-bsikwin.
>He narrowly missed being hit [by a car]. MC2005.cs. 2 be just shy of sth.. Gegeti ngii-beshwaabndaan jackpot; B8 eta ngii-noondesen.
>I was shy of [winning] the jackpot; all I needed was B8. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: beshwaabandan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73020953114n
GKS Reference Number: 12084
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