bedaadzi

Definition: be slow by nature, be slow [in one's approach to things]

bedaadzi
>vai Wk
>1sIND nbedaadis;
>3sCCONJ byedaadzit; 1 be slow by nature, be slow [in one's approach to things]. Aapji go bedaadzi wa; gaawii wiikaa ga-waabmaa-sii da-bmi-kizhiibzat.
>That person is so slow by nature; you'll never see him rushing around. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bedaadizi.

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: n72976551738n
GKS Reference Number: 12001
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