debzi

Definition: be so fortunate, be so lucky

debzi
>vai LH
>1sIND ndebis;
>3sCCONJ dyebzit; 1 be so fortunate, be so lucky. Gegeti sa naa debzi mdaaswaak gii-oo-bkinaaget; megwaa go bmi-nji-gwiinwinendmaba waa-ndinang zhoonyaa wii-nnaa'chigaaznit doo-daabaanan.
>He's so lucky going and winning ten thousand; he was just worrying about where he'd get the money for his car to be fixed. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: debizi.

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: n73002754013n
GKS Reference Number: 14188
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