deba

deba

1. inflection of deber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

deba

1. Rōmaji transcription of でば

• IPA^(key): /təpæ/

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ. Equivalent to de- (compound suffix) +‎ ba (“to be gray”).

deba

1. Dall sheep

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 79

• debo (Toklat-Bearpaw)

deba (Chena, Minto-Nenana)

1. who?

   deba nets'egha' etltsinh? ― who made your hat?

2. whose?

   deba yiga' neghw dedhiɬtoni? ― whose picture do you have up there?

This adverb is used only of singular referrents. debayi or deba ina are the plural equivalents.

• deba sru' (“one should not”)
• deba ghwlą́' (“whoever”)
• debo zok'wɬ (“no one”)
• nodeba (“waiting for”)

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 69

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeba/ [ˈd̪e.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: de‧ba

deba

1. inflection of deber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative