bzaante

Definition: be quiet

bzaante
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>3sCCONJ bezaantek; 1 be quiet. (of a room) Enwek sa naa mno-bzaante; mii eta dba'giiswaan dyebwewegneshing.
>Is it ever nice and quiet; all you can hear is the clock ticking. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bizaanate.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72985145625n
GKS Reference Number: 13713
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