beskaa

Definition: be slow, move slowly

beskaa
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbeskaa;
>3sCCONJ byeskaat; 1 be slow, move slowly. Aanii-sh naa gii-mzhikoozo sa, beskaa bmosed-sh wii go.
>He was wounded, but still able to walk slowly. SO1971.rs. Beskaa wa dba'giiswaan; gaa go nnaash nbimi-gwekshimaa-sii.
>That clock is slow; I never get around to correcting it. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bezikaa.

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: n72976564709n
GKS Reference Number: 12090
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