piichde'e

Definition: be brave enough, be so brave [as to do something]

piichde'e
>vai
>1sIND nda-piichde'e;
>3sCCONJ e-piichde'et; 1 be brave enough, be so brave [as to do something]. Gdaa-piichde'esii wii-daangnad wa gnebig!
>I dare you to touch that snake! MC2005.cs. Gdaa-piichde'e na oodi gchi-shpiming wii-bi-nji-googiiyin?
>Would you be brave enough to dive from way up there? MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /apiiT/.
>Full-vowel form: apiichidehe.

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: n73033933784n
GKS Reference Number: 21038
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