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wiinimoshenyan nad es
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h/ cross-cousin (of the opposite sex to h/): h/ mother's brother's child, h/ father's sister's child ; h/ sweetheart

See also: owiinimoshenyan nad

Note:
There is no simple independent word for this kind of cousin, a kind of cross-cousin of the opposite sex (a mother’s brother’s child or a father’s sister’s child). A personal prefix goes with the dependent noun stem /=iinimosheny-/ cross-cousin (of the opposite sex) to make a full word:
  • niinimoshenh my cross-cousin (1s-3s)
  • giinimoshenh your cross-cousin (2s-3s)
  • wiinimoshenyan h/ cross-cousin
    • [MN] wiinimoshenyan h/ cross-cousin/cross-cousins (3s-3'). A variant form is: owiinimoshenyan
    • [BL] wiinimoshenyan h/ cross-cousin (3s-3's)
    • [BL] wiinimoshenya’ h/ cross-cousins (3s-3'p)
The same terms are used for someone's sweetheart
    Some basic forms of wiinimoshenyan h/ cross-cousin are:



    wiinimoshenyan obv; wiinimoshenyan obv sg; wiinimoshenya' obv pl; Stem: /=iinimosheny-/

    wiinimoshenyan obv sg nj
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    wiinimoshenya' obv pl nj
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