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beshibii'igaade vii it is marked with a line or stripe (by someone), "they" mark it with a line or stripe

beshibii'igaazo vai h/ is marked with a line or stripe (by someone), "they" mark it with a line or stripe

beshibii'ige vai s/he marks things with a line or stripe

beshibii'wi vta [NI] mark h/ or it (animate) with a stripe

Paired with: beshibii'an vti

beshidaamikaneshin vai s/he gets or has a cut on h/ chin or jaw

beshidooneshin vai s/he gets or has a cut on h/ mouth

beshigaadeshin vai s/he gets or has a cut on h/ leg

beshigwaadan vti sew a border on it

Paired with: beshigwaazh vta

beshigwaajigan ni border or trim sewn on something

beshigwaazh vta sew a border on it (animate)

Paired with: beshigwaadan vti

beshinikeshin vai s/he gets or has a cut on h/ arm

beshininjiishin vai s/he gets or has a cut on h/ hand

beshizh vta make a cut or slit on h/ or it (animate)

Paired with: beshizhan vti See also: beshizhwi vta [NI]

beshizhan vti make a cut or slit on it

Paired with: beshizh vta ; beshizhwi vta [NI]

beshizi vai s/he has a line, has a stripe

Paired with: beshaa vii

beshizideshin vai s/he gets or has a cut on h/ foot

beshizhwi vta [NI] make a cut or slit on h/ or it (animate)

Paired with: beshizhan vti See also: beshizh vta

beshiigad vii it (sheet-like) has a stripe, has a line

Paired with: beshiigizi vai

beshiigizi vai it (animate; sheet-like) has a stripe, has a line

Paired with: beshiigad vii

beshiingweshin vai s/he gets or has a cut on h/ face

beshk na [BL] a nighthawk

[
common nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
]

See also: beshkwe na

beshkwe na a nighthawk

[
common nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
]

See also: beshk na [BL]

besho adv loc near, nearby, close

besho- pv lex close, near, nearby, not far; short [of a season]

besho-biboon vii it is a short winter

besho-giizhigad vii it is a short day; there are short days

beshonaagozi vai s/he appears to be close

Paired with: beshonaagwad vii

beshonaagwad vii it appears to be close

Paired with: beshonaagozi vai

beshotan vti be in close hearing of it, hear it coming closer

Paired with: beshotaw vta

beshotaw vta be in close hearing of h/, hear h/ coming closer

Paired with: beshotan vti

beshowad vii it is close, is near, is nearby

beshwaji' vta be close friends with h/

beshwaabam vta see h/ nearby, be in close view of h/, catch sight of h/

Paired with: beshwaabandan vti

beshwaabandan vti see it nearby, be in close view of it, catch sight of it

Paired with: beshwaabam vta

beshwendan vti think it to be near or soon

Paired with: beshwenim vta

beshwendaagozi vai s/he is thought near

Paired with: beshwendaagwad vii

beshwendaagwad vii it is thought near

Paired with: beshwendaagozi vai

beshwenim vta think h/ to be near or near soon

Paired with: beshwendan vti

beshwewidam vai2 s/he is heard making sound nearby

bezhig qnt num
  1. one
  2. a certain one

bezhigo vai s/he is alone, is one, is the only one, is single

bezhigo- pv qnt one

bezhigo-diba'iganeyaa vii [BL] it is one o'clock

bezhigo-dibaabiishkoojiganezi vai s/he or it (animate) weighs one pound

bezhigokawe vai

bezhigozigwam qnt num one block of ice

bezhigoobi vai one sits, is at home

bezhigoobii'igan na an ace

bezhigoogaabawi vai one (animate) stands; s/he stands alone

bezhigooge vai s/he lives alone

bezhigookam vai2 s/he is alone in a canoe

bezhigookan vti work on something alone

Paired with: bezhigookaw vta

bezhigookaw vta fight h/ alone; work on h/ alone

Paired with: bezhigookan vti

bezhigoopide vii one (inanimate) is tied

Paired with: bezhigoopizo vai

bezhigoopidoon vti2 tie one of it

Paired with: bezhigoopizh vta

bezhigoopizh vta tie, hitch one (animate)

Paired with: bezhigoopidoon vti2

bezhigoopizo vai one (animate) is tied, is hitched

Paired with: bezhigoopide vii

bezhigooshin vai s/he lies alone

bezhigwaginzo vai [BL] it is the first (of the month)

bezhigwan vii it is one; it is the only one; it is the same

bezhigwanong adv loc in one place; one place

bezhigwaabik na one dollar

bezhigwaabiig adv num one strand, one string

bezhigwaabiigin vta use one strand of it (animate), sew with it (a single thread)

Paired with: bezhigwaabiiginan vti

bezhigwaabiiginan vti use one strand of it

bezhigwaatig qnt num one stick-like object

bezhigweg qnt num one piece of something sheet-like

bezikaa vai s/he moves slowly, runs late

bezikaabatoo vai s/he runs slowly

bezhizhooniyaans na a dime; [BL] a quarter

bi- pv dir here; hither; this way; toward the speaker; up to now

bi-izhaa vai s/he comes

bi-naagozi vai s/he appears; s/he comes into view

Paired with: bi-naagwad vii

bi-naagwad vii it appears; it comes into view

Paired with: bi-naagozi vai

bibagadin vii it is frozen thin

Paired with: bibagaji vai

bibagadowe vai s/he has short thin fur

bibagaji vai it (animate) is frozen thin

Paired with: bibagadin vii

bibagakwad vii it is a thin cloud or cloud cover

bibaganagekozi vai it (animate) has thin bark

bibaganagekwad vii it has thin bark

Paired with: bibaganagekozi vai

bibagaa vii it is thin

Paired with: bibagizi vai

bibagaabikad vii it (mineral) is thin

Paired with: bibagaabikizi vai

bibagaabikizi vai it (animate; mineral) is thin

Paired with: bibagaabikad vii

bibagaabiigad vii it (string-like) is thin

Paired with: bibagaabiigizi vai

bibagaabiigizi vai it (animate; string-like) is thin

Paired with: bibagaabiigad vii

bibagaakozi vai it (animate; stick-like) is thin

Paired with: bibagaakwad vii

bibagaakwad vii it (stick-like) is thin

Paired with: bibagaakozi vai

bibagaakwadin vii it freezes thin, is frozen thin

Paired with: bibagaakwaji vai

bibagaakwaji vai s/he freezes thin, is frozen thin

Paired with: bibagaakwadin vii

bibagikodan vti slice it thin

Paired with: bibagikozh vta

bibagikonaye vai s/he wears a thin layer of clothes

bibagikozh vta slice h/ thin

Paired with: bibagikodan vti

bibagisin vii it lies in a thin layer

Paired with: bibagishin vai

bibagishin vai s/he lies in a thin layer

Paired with: bibagisin vii

bibagizh vta cut h/ thin

Paired with: bibagizhan vti

bibagizhan vti cut it thin

Paired with: bibagizh vta

bibagizi vai it (animate) is thin

Paired with: bibagaa vii

bibagizigwaa vii it (something slab-like) is thin; there is thin ice

bibagiigad vii it (sheet-like) is thin

Paired with: bibagiigizi vai

bibagiigizi vai it (animate; sheet-like) is thin

Paired with: bibagiigad vii