debwetam

Definition: believe

debwetam
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndebwetam;
>3sCCONJ dyebwetang; 1 believe. Baawtigoong ngo-bboon dash gii-miinaawag ji-dgoshinowaad odi gaawiin dash giw aaning gii-debwetnziiwag gaawiin gii-nsidtaziiwag gaa dash gii-zhaasiiwag.
>And they were given one year to arrive there at Sault Ste. Marie, but some of them didn't believe, they didn't understand and they didn't go. AK1976.rs. Gaa niinii ndebwet-zii da-zhiwebkiba wi.
>Me, I don't believe that would happen. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: debwetam.

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: n73002556727n
GKS Reference Number: 14171
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