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niitaa nad es
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my brother-in-law (a male's brother-in-law)

Note:
There is no simple independent word for this kind of relationship, a male's brother-in-law. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=iitaaw-/ a male's brother-in-law to make a full word:
  • niitaa my brother-in-law (a male's brother-in-law) (1s-3s)
  • giitaa your brother-in-law (a male's brother-in-law) (2s-3s)
  • wiitaan his brother-in-law
    • [MN] wiitaan his brother-in-law/brothers-in-law (3s-3')
    • [BL] wiitaan his brother-in-law (3s-3's)
    • [BL] wiitaa’ his brothers-in-law (3s-3'p)
Some basic forms of niitaa my brother-in-law (a male's brother-in-law) are:



niitaa sg; niitaag pl; Stem: /niitaaw-/

niitaa sg es
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gh
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nj
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niitaag pl es
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nj
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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

=iitaaw- nad STEM FOR: (male's) brother-in-law
niitaa nad my brother-in-law (a male's brother-in-law) giitaa nad your brother-in-law (a man's brother-in-law) wiitaan nad his brother-in-law (a man's brother-in-law) owiitaan nad his brother-in-law (a man's brother-in-law)

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