debwewnagat

Definition: be true

debwewnagat
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>3sCCONJ dyebwewnagak; 1 be true. (of beliefs) Debwewnagat go iidik ekdawaat, da-nsaa-siipa wiya zhaawshko-gnebigoonsan.
>It must be true what they say, that one shouldn't kill a green snake. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: debwewinagad.

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: n73002755151n
GKS Reference Number: 14186
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