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nikwegan nid nj
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my neck

Note:
There is no simple independent word for (back of the) neck. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=kwegan-/ (back of the) neck to make a full word:
  • nikwegan my neck (1s-0s)
  • gikwegan your neck (2s-0s)
  • okwegan h/neck (3s-0s)
Some basic forms of nikwegan my neck are:



nikwegan sg; Stem: /nikwegan-/

nikwegan sg gh
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nj
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Niwiisagendam nikwegan.

My neck hurts me.
 rg
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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

=kwegan- nid STEM FOR: back of neck
nikwegan nid my neck gikwegan nid your neck okwegan nid h/ neck

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