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nindoozhim nad nj
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  1. my nephew (parallel nephew: a male's brother's son or a female's sister's son)
  2. my stepson

See also: indoozhim nad

Note:
A sibling's son is called nephew in English but in Anishinaabemowin there are two different terms depending on the relative gender of the siblings. If their gender is the same, then the son is a parallel nephew, a male's brother's son or a female's sister's son. The same term means stepson. There is no simple independent word for this relative. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=doozhim-/ nephew (parallel nephew) to make a full word: 
  • nindoozhim, indoozhim, ndoozhim my nephew (parallel nephew) (1s-3s)
  • gidoozhim your nephew (parallel nephew) (2s-3s)
  • odoozhiman h/ nephew (parallel nephew)
  • [MN] odoozhiman h/ nephew (parallel nephew) / nephews (parallel nephews) (3s-3')
  • [BL] odoozhiman h/ nephew (parallel nephew) (3s-3's)
  • [BL] odoozhima’ h/ nephews (parallel nephews) (3s-3'p)The same words are used for someone's stepson. 
 Some basic forms of 
nindoozhim my nephew (parallel nephew) are: 



nindoozhim 1s ind; nindoozhimag pl; Stem: /=doozhim-/

nindoozhim1s ind nj
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nindoozhimag pl nj
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Word Family

=doozhim- nad STEM FOR: parallel nephew (male's brother's son or female's sister's son)
nindoozhim nad
  1. my nephew (parallel nephew: a male's brother's son or a female's sister's son)
  2. my stepson
 indoozhim nad
  1. my nephew (parallel nephew: a male's brother's son or a female's sister's son)
  2. my stepson
 gidoozhim nad
  1. your nephew (parallel nephew: a male's brother's son or a female's sister's son)
  2. your stepson
 odoozhiman nad
  1. h/ nephew (parallel nephew: male's brother's son or female's sister's son)
  2. h/ stepson

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