de-pii

Definition: fair distance; considerable distance

de-pii
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>loc de-pii; 1 fair distance; considerable distance. De-pii go ko-namat wi miikaans, gnamaa naa nso-dbaabaan.
>That bush road runs a fair distance, maybe around three miles. MC2005.cs. Wiin dash wii go kwejmin, shaweyiing zhiwi enaajmin naaniibwi Odjig miinwaa de-pii go shpiming; gaawii zhaagwenma-sii wii-dbaajmat zaamaajmin wi nji bkaan gegoo nji zhichgeyaat maanda bemaadzijik, gaa go eta Mzibiigewin nji - gaawii mshi ngiikend-ziin waa-zhin'kaadmaanh wi bkaan wegdagwendik nji.
>Yet when asked, Odjig herself stands to one side of her own legend and considerably above it; she is not afraid to correct the hyperbole that serves not Art but something else - that something I do not yet know how to name. MC2007.cs.
>Full-vowel form: de-apii.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Inanimate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73003252631n
GKS Reference Number: 14126
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