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nikan nid gh
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my bone

Note:
There is no simple independent word for bone. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /-kan-/ bone to make a full word:
  • nikan my bone (1s-0s)
  • gikan your bone (2s-0s)
  • okan h/ bone (3s-0s)
Some basic forms of nikan my bone are:



nikan sg; nikanan pl; nikanens dim; nikaning loc; nikanish pej; Stem: /=kan-/

nikan sg gh
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es
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nikanan pl gh
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es
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nikanens dim es
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nikaning loc es
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nikanish pej es
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=kan- nid STEM FOR: bone
nikan nid my bone gikan nid your bone

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