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gidiniigan nid gh
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your shoulder blade (scapula)

Note:
There is no simple independent word for shoulder blade or scapula. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=diniigan-/ shoulder blade to make a full word: 
  • nindiniigan, indiniigan my shoulder blade (1s-0s)
  • gidiniigan your shoulder blade (2s-0s)
  • odiniigan h/ shoulder blade (3s-0s)
Some basic forms of: gidiniigan your shoulder blade are: 



gidiniigan sg; gidiniiganan pl; Stem: /=diniigan-/

gidiniigan sg gh
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gidiniiganan pl gh
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=diniigan nad someone's shoulder blade (scapula)
indiniigan nid my shoulder blade (scapula) nindiniigan nid my shoulder blade (scapula) gidiniigan nid your shoulder blade (scapula) odiniigan nid h/ shoulder blade (scapula)

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