dba'gesemgat

Definition: break even, meet cost, pay off [in other savings]

dba'gesemgat
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>3sCCONJ deb’igesemgak; 1 break even, meet cost, pay off [in other savings]. Aanwi go shpangdek sinii-kaadek wiigwaam, dba'gesemgat.
>Although it is expensive to use bricks on a house, it pays off. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: dibahigesemagad.

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: n72992951527n
GKS Reference Number: 14019
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