beshwizi

Definition: be close to giving birth, be near one's time [to give birth]

beshwizi
>vai NE
>1sIND nbeshwis;
>3sCCONJ byeshwizit; 1 be close to giving birth, be near one's time [to give birth]. Aapji go beshwizi; maa ge go naa nongo maapiich da-aakzi.
>She's very close to her time; maybe sometime today she'll go into labour. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: beshowizi.

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: n72976564473n
GKS Reference Number: 12089
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