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odenaniw nid gh
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h/ tongue

Note:
There is no simple independent word for tongue. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=denaniw-/ tongue to make a full word: 
  • nidenaniw, nindenaniw, indenaniw my tongue (1s-0s)
  • gidenaniw your tongue (2s-0s)
  • odenaniw h/ tongue (3s-0s)Some basic forms of 
odenaniw h/ tongue are: 



odenaniw sg; odenaniwens dim; odenaniwaang loc; odenaniwish pej; Stem: /=denaniw-/

odenaniw sg gh
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nj
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odenaniwens dim nj
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odenaniwaang loc nj
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gh
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odenaniwish pej nj
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Odenaniw obiijimaanjigaagen; mii ezhichiged ginebig.

What a snake does is uses its tongue to smell with.
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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

=denaniw- nid STEM FOR: tongue
indenaniw nid my tongue gidenaniw nid your tongue odenaniw nid h/ tongue

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