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nindoon nid nj
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my mouth

Note:
There is no simple independent word for mouth. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=doon-/ mouth to make a full word:
  • nidoon, nindoon, indoon, ndoon my mouth (1s-0s)
  • gidoon your mouth (2s-0s)
  • odoon h/ mouth (3s-0s)
Some basic forms of nindoon my mouth are:



nindoon sg; nindoonens dim; nindooning loc; Stem: /=doon-/

nindoon sg nj
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nindooning loc nj
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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=doon- nid STEM FOR: mouth
indoon nid my mouth nindoon nid my mouth gidoon nid your mouth odoon nid h/ mouth

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