debwewesin

Definition: ring [in the distance]

debwewesin
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ dyebwewesing; 1 ring [in the distance]. Biiyaabkoons na debwewesin, maage nishaa ndinshenaadik?
>Is the phone ringing, or am I just hearing things? MC2005.cs. 2 be audible [in the distance].
>Partner: debweweshin
>vai.
>Full-vowel form: debwewesin.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73002558707n
GKS Reference Number: 14185
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