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Re: difference between [bIt] and [jotHa']

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: Re: difference between [bIt] and [jotHa']
• Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:19:17 -0500

HetaQ (Chet Braun) writes:
>Can anyone tell me what the difference between the two verbs for
>'be uneasy' are?  Both [bit] and [jotHa'] are listed.

{bIt} is given as "be nervous, uneasy", while {jotHa'} is just "be uneasy".
That's the only difference we can be sure of.

>When would one be used over the other?

Well, *I* would use {bIt} to indicate being nervous, and {jotHa'} to mean
the opposite of being calm. :-)

-- ghunchu'wI'

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