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ode' nid gh
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h/ heart

Note:
There is no simple independent word for heart. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=de’-/ heart to make a full word:
  • nide’, nind’, inde’, nde’ my heart (1s-0s)
  • gide’ your heart (2s-0s)
  • ode’ h/ heart (3s-0s)
Some basic forms of ode’ h/ heart are:



ode' sg; ode'ens dim; ode'ing loc; Stem: /=de'--/

ode' sg gh
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ode'ing loc gh
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Weweni ogii-mamizhaan i'iw ode' miinawaa okon awe gaa-pagojiiniwed.

The person who dressed out (the deer) carefully cut out the heart and liver.
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=de'- nid STEM FOR: heart
inde' nid my heart gide' nid your heart ode' nid h/ heart

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