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gizid nid gh
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your foot

Note:
There is no simple independent word for foot. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=zid-/ foot to make a full word: 
  • nizid, inzid my foot (1s-0s)
  • gizid your foot (2s-0s)
  • ozid h/ foot (3s-0s)Some basic forms of 
gizid your foot are: 



gizid sg; gizidan pl; gizidens dim; gizidaang loc; gizidaash pej; Stem: /=zid-/

gizid sg gh
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es
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gizidan pl gh
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es
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Bakwajibizh zagaskway gaa-dakwamig gizidaang.

Pull off that bloodsucker that's biting your foot.
 nj
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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

=zid- nid STEM FOR: foot
nizid nid my foot inzid nid my foot gizid nid your foot ozid nid h/ foot

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