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omisenyan nad gh
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h/ 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 onmisenyan h/ older sister are:



    omisenyan obv; omisenyan obv sg; omisenya' obv pl; Stem: /=miseny-/

    omisenyan obv es
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    gh
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    omisenyan obv sg nj
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    omisenya' obv pl nj
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