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niinim nad gh
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(if I am male) my sister-in-law; (if I am female) my brother-in-law

Note:
There is no simple independent word for this kind of relationship, someone's sibling-in-law of the opposite sex. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=iinimw-/ sibling-in-law of the opposite sex: a female's brother-in-law; a male's sister-in-law to make a full word: 
  • niinim my sibling-in-law (of the opposite sex) (1s-3s)
  • giinim your sibling-in-law (of the opposite sex) (2s-3s)
  • wiinimoon h/ sibling-in-law (of the opposite sex)
  • [MN] wiinimoon h/ sibling-in-law/siblings-in-law (of the opposite sex) (3s-3'); a variant is: owiinimoon h/ sibling-in-law/siblings-in-law (of the opposite sex) (3s-3')
  • [BL] wiinimoon h/ sibling-in-law (of the opposite sex) (3s-3's)
  • [BL] wiinimoo’ h/ sibling-in-law (of the opposite sex) (3s-3'p)Some basic forms of 
niinim my sibling-in-law (of the opposite sex) are: 



niinim sg; niinimoog pl; Stem: /-iinimw-/

niinim sg es
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gh
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nj
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niinimoog pl es
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gh
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nj
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niinimonaan1p - 3s es
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niinimonaanig1p - 3p es
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Ningii-wiidookawaa niinim gii-tazhiikang iwe, i'iw manoomin. Ingii-kidasige.

I helped my brother-in-law when he processed wild rice. I parched the rice.
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Word Family

=iinimw- nad STEM FOR: sibling-in-law of the opposite sex; STEM FOR:brother-in-law (of a female); STEM FOR: sister-in-law (of a male)
niinim nad (if I am male) my sister-in-law; (if I am female) my brother-in-law giinim nad (if you are male) your sister-in-law; (if you are female) your brother-in-law wiinimoon nad (if someone is female) her brother-in-law; (if someone is male) his sister-in-law owiinimoon nad (if someone is female) her brother-in-law; (if someone is male) his sister-in-law

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