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debin vta nj
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reach for h/

Paired with: debinan vti



indebinaa 1s - 3s ind; nindebinaa 1s - 3s ind; odebinaan 3s - 3' ind; debinaad 3s - 3' conj; deyebinaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; debin 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /debin-/

nindebinaa1s - 3s ind nj
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odebinaan3s - 3' ind nj
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debinaad3s - 3' conj nj
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debin2s - 3 imp nj
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Debin awedi akik.

Reach for that pail over there.
 nj
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Gaawiin ngii-tebinaasii awe asabaabiins ishpaya'ii iwidi gaa-achigaazod.

I couldn't reach that thread because they put it up too high for me.
 es
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debin /debin-/: /deb-/
enough, adequate, reach
; /-in/
act on h/ or it (animate) by hand

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

debin vta reach for h/
(reciprocal) debinidiwag vai they reach for each other

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