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niiyaw nid es
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my body

Note:
There is no simple independent word for body. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=iiyaw-/ body to make a full word:
  • niiyaw my body (1s-0s)
  • giiyaw your body (2s-0s)
  • wiiyaw h/ body (3s-0s); some people have an alternate form owiiyaw
Some basic forms of niiyaw my body are:



niiyaw sg; niiyawens dim; niiyawing loc; niiyawish pej; Stem: /niiyaw-/

niiyaw sg gh
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es
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niiyawens dim es
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niiyawing loc gh
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es
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niiyawish pej es
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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

=iiyaw- nid STEM FOR: body
niiyaw nid my body giiyaw nid your body

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