bkeyaashi

Definition: fly off the road, go off the road [at high speed]

bkeyaashi
>vai
>1sIND nbakeyaash;
>3sCCONJ bekeyaashit; 1 fly off the road, go off the road [at high speed]. Bezhik nini gii-aapjishin gii-bkeyaashit wa daabaan.
>One man died when the car went off the road. MC2005.cs. Waannamak oodi gii-bkeyaashi; bsaan'kaaning oodi gii-oo-biinjbiza.
>He went off the road where it curves; he went flying [into] the ditch. MC2005.cs. Egaach! Ga-bkeyaashmi!
>Take it easy! We'll go off the road! MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bakeyaashi.

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: n72977556131n
GKS Reference Number: 12851
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