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dibishkaa vai

[S]

s/he has a birthday

See also: dibishkam vai2 [N]



indibishkaa 1s ind; nindibishkaa 1s ind; nidibishkaa 1s ind; dibishkaa 3s ind; dibishkaad 3s conj; debishkaad 3s ch-conj; Stem: /dibishkaa-/

Ingii-amwaa wiishkobi-bakwezhigan gii-tibishkaayaan.

I ate cake when I had my birthday.
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Gegaa go ngii-wanendaan apii gaa-tabishk... gaa-tibishkaayaan.

I almost forgot my birthday.
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dibishkaa /dibishkaa-/: /dib-/
even, judge, measure
; /-shkaa/
s/he moves, goes, has happen to h/