debbidoon

Definition: catch sth., get hold of sth., grab sth.

debbidoon
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndebbidoon;
>3sCCONJ dyebbidoot; 1 catch sth., get hold of sth., grab sth.. Btaakshinan wadi ngoji, mii go ji-nwadnaman, ji-debbidooyan go naa.
>When you hit something down there, then just grab it, and hold on." SO1971.rs. Dbaabam wa binoojiins, gnamaa sapnigan depidoot.
>Check on the baby, in case she grabs the scissors. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: debbinaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: debibidoon.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73001255247n
GKS Reference Number: 14136
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