debgwaam

Definition: get enough sleep, have enough sleep

debgwaam
>vai
>1sIND ndebgwaam;
>3sCCONJ dyebgwaang; 1 get enough sleep, have enough sleep. Gaawii debgwaan-zii binoojiinh ngodwaaso-dbagiiswaan eta nbaat.
>A child doesn't get enough sleep, sleeping for just six hours. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: debi[n]gwaam.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73001256446n
GKS Reference Number: 14141
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