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nimisenh nad gh
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my older sister

Note:
There is no simple independent word for older sister. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=miseny-/ older sister to make a full word:
  • nimisenh my older sister (1s-3s)
  • gimisenh your older sister (2s-3s)
  • omisenyan h/ older sister
    • [MN] omisenyan h/ older sister/older sisters (3s-3')
    • [BL] omisenyan h/ older sister (3s-3's)
    • [BL] omisenya’ h/ older sisters (3s-3'p)
The same terms are used for an older female parallel cousin (father's brother's daughter; mother's sister's daughter).
    Some basic forms of nimisenh my older sister are:



    nimisenh sg; nimisenyag pl; Stem: /nimisenhy-/

    nimisenh sg es
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    gh
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    nimisenyag pl es
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    gh
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