debnaan
Definition:
get sth., receive sth.
Body
debnaan
>vti LH
>1sIND ndebnaan;
>3sCCONJ dyebnang; 1 get sth., receive sth.. Eshkam znagad wii-debnaming iw waa-boodweng.
>It is getting harder and harder to obtain firewood. AM1937.rs. Mii imaa dash wenji-debinang ahaw akiwenziinh noongo zhooniyaans.
>It is from this that that old man now gets money. AW1941.rn. Gii-debnaan na maajiibii'gan gaa-niindaawnaa?
>Did you get the letter that I sent you? MC2005.cs. 2 reach sth., be able to reach sth.. Pabwining naaniibwin giishpin debna-zwan.
>Stand on a chair if you can't reach it. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: debnaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: debinan.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n73001356790n
GKS Reference Number:
14149