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owiitaan nad

his brother-in-law (a man's brother-in-law)

See also: wiitaan nad

Note:
There is no simple independent word for this kind of relationship, a male's brother-in-law. A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=iitaaw-/ a male's brother-in-law to make a full word:
  • niitaa my brother-in-law (a male's brother-in-law) (1s-3s)
  • giitaa your brother-in-law (a male's brother-in-law) (2s-3s)
  • wiitaan his brother-in-law
    • [MN] wiitaan his brother-in-law/brothers-in-law (3s-3'); a variant is owiitaan.
    • [BL] wiitaan his brother-in-law (3s-3's)
    • [BL] wiitaa’ his brothers-in-law (3s-3'p)
Some basic forms of owiitaan his brother-in-law are:



owiitaan obv; Stem: /=iitaaw-/

Ogii-tazaabamaan iniwen o... owiitaan gaa-onji-noogiid gegoo aana-wii-ikidod.

He was going to say something but because of his brother-in-law being there he just stopped.
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