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debashkina' vta gh
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fit h/ , it (animate) in, have enough room for h/, it (animate)

Paired with: debashkinatoon vti2



nindebashkiina'aa 1s - 3s ind; indebashkina'aa 1s - 3s ind; odebashkina'aan 3s - 3' ind; debashkina'aad 3s - 3' conj; dayebashkina'aad 3s - 3' ch-conj; debashkina' 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /debashkina'-/

nindebashkiina'aa1s - 3s ind nj
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indebashkina'aa1s - 3s ind gh
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odebashkina'aan3s - 3' ind nj
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lw
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debashkina'aad3s - 3' conj nj
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lw
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dayebashkina'aad3s - 3' ch-conj gh
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debashkina'2s - 3 imp nj
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gh
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Agaasoonagiziwan Marge odoodaabaanan. Bezhig eta awiya odebashkina'aan.

Marge's car is small. She can only fit one passenger in.
 nj
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Gigii-tebashkina'aag ina zhiishiibag imaa gimashkawaakwajijigani-makakong.

Did you fit the ducks into your freezer?
 nj
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Contains a medial /-ashkin-/ 'a filling, a load' and a final /-a'/.
debashkina' /debashkina'-/: /deb-/
enough, adequate, reach
; /-ashkina'/
fill h/ or it (animate)

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.

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