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niinimoshenh nad gh
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my cross-cousin (of the opposite sex to me): my mother's brother's child, my father's sister's child; my sweetheart

Note:
There is no simple independent word for this kind of cousin, a kind of cross-cousin of the opposite sex (a mother’s brother’s child or a father’s sister’s child). A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=iinimosheny-/ cross-cousin (of the opposite sex) to make a full word: 
  • niinimoshenh my cross-cousin (1s-3s)
  • giinimoshenh your cross-cousin (2s-3s)
  • wiinimoshenyan h/ cross-cousin
  • [MN] wiinimoshenyan h/ cross-cousin (3s-3')

[BL] wiinimoshenyan h/ cross-cousin (3s-3's)
[BL] wiinimoshenya’ h/ cross-cousins (3s-3'p)
 The same terms are used for someone's sweetheart. 
 Some basic forms of 
niinimoshenh my cross-cousin (of the opposite sex are: 



niinimoshenh sg; niinimoshenyag pl; Stem: /=iinimosheny-/

niinimoshenh sg nj
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es
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niinimoshenyag pl nj
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es
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The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=iinimosheny- nad STEM FOR: cross-cousin (of the opposite sex): a mother's brother's child, a father's sister's child; STEM FOR: sweetheart
niinimoshenh nad my cross-cousin (of the opposite sex to me): my mother's brother's child, my father's sister's child; my sweetheart giinimoshenh nad your cross-cousin (of the opposite sex to you): your mother's brother's child, your father's sister's child ; your sweetheart wiinimoshenyan nad h/ cross-cousin (of the opposite sex to h/): h/ mother's brother's child, h/ father's sister's child ; h/ sweetheart

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