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giinizis nid gh
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your (strand of) hair

Note:
There is no simple independent word for hair. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=iinizis-/ strand of hair to make a full word:
  • niinizis my strand of hair (1s-0s)
  • giinizis your strand of hair (2s-0s)
  • wiinizis h/ strand of hair (3s-0s); some people have an alternate form owiinizis
The English collective hair referring to all of the hair on one's head uses a plural form in Ojibwe:
  • niinizisan my hair (1s-0s)
  • giinizisan your hair (2s-0s)
  • wiinizisan h/ hair (3s-0s); some people have an alternate form owiinizisan
Some basic forms of giinizis your strand of hair are:



giinizis sg; giinizisan pl; Stem: /=iinizis-/

giinizis sg gh
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giinizisan pl gh
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Adisan giinizisan.

Dye your hair.
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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=iinizis- nid STEM FOR: (strand of) hair
niinizis nid my (strand of) hair giinizis nid your (strand of) hair wiinizis nid h/ (strand of) hair owiinizis nid h/ (strand of) hair

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