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Definition: do something apt for smb., do something fitting for smb.

deb'aa
>vta
>1sIND ndeb’aa;
>3sCCONJ dyeb’aat;
>2sIMP deb’iw; 1 do something apt for smb., do something fitting for smb.. Gesnaa gii-deb'aa gii-wiikmat; gaawii ngoji waa-zhaat Niib'aa-namaang wa.
>It was so appropriate that you invited him; he has nowhere to go for Christmas. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ?debih.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)

Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb

Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).

Unique ID: n73001255702n

GKS Reference Number: 14127

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