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opikwan nid nj
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h/ back

Note:
There is no simple independent word for back. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=pikwan-/ back to make a full word: 
  • nipikwan my back (1s-0s)
  • gipikwan your back (2s-0s)
  • opikwan h/ back (3s-0s)Some basic forms of 
opikwan h/ back are: 



opikwan 3s - 0s; opikwanens dim; opikwanaang loc; opikwanish pej; Stem: /=pikwan-/

opikwan3s - 0s gh
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nj
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opikwanens dim es
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nj
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opikwanaang loc gh
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opikwanish pej nj
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

=pikwan- nid STEM FOR: back
nipikwan nid my back gipikwan nid your back opikwan nid h/ back

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