debwetaan
Definition:
believe sth.
Body
debwetaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndebwetaan;
>3sCCONJ dyebwetang; 1 believe sth.. Gaa-onji- dash debwetang iniw ogwiiwizensiman zhaazhigwa babaamosewan.
>But this is how he came to believe it: that little boy of his was already walking. GM1940.rn. Mii dash igo eta gaa-onji-debwetang ihiw ningo-biboon gii-nibaad waabamaad ogwiiwizensiman babaamosenid.
>Only on account of that did he believe he had slept one year: because he saw his little boy walking. GM1940.rn.
>Partner: debwetwaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: debwetan.
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:
n73002556209n
GKS Reference Number:
14170