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nikonaas nid es
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my blanket

Note:
A word for someone's personal blanket uses a personal prefix to indicate whose blanket it is with the dependent noun stem /=konaas-/ someone's blanket to make a full word: 
  • nikonaas my blanket (1s-0s)
  • gikonaas your blanket (2s-0s)
  • okonaas h/ blanket (3s-0s)

Some basic forms of nikonaas my blanket are: 



nikonaas sg; nikonaasan pl; nikonaasing dim; nikonaashish pej; Stem: /=konaas-/

nikonaas sg es
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nj
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nikonaasan pl nj
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nikonaasing dim nj
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nikonaashish pej nj
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=konaas nid STEM FOR: someone's blanket
nikonaas nid my blanket gikonaas nid your blanket okonaas nid h/ blanket

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