debwewdam

Definition: be heard calling [in the distance], be heard yelling [in the distance]

debwewdam
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndebwewdam;
>3sCCONJ dyebwewdang; 1 be heard calling [in the distance], be heard yelling [in the distance]. Mii-sh gii-debwewdamnid niw wesiinyan.
>And an animal could be heard yelling. AK1976.rs. Gegeti wibaa; weweni go debwewdam maang.
>Does the air ever carry sound; the loon can be heard clearly. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: debwewidam.

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: n73002557222n
GKS Reference Number: 14174
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