bejnawzi

Definition: be poky, be slow [at doing something]

bejnawzi
>vai
>1sIND nbejnawis;
>3sCCONJ byejnawzit; 1 be poky, be slow [at doing something]. Aapji go bejnawzi; wiin go pane shkwaach e-giizhiitaat.
>He's really poky; he's always the one who finishes last. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bejinawizi.

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: n72976548159n
GKS Reference Number: 12021
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