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/-ikwew-/ medial

 
woman
 
Type:
medial
Subtypes:
deverbal
aandikwewe vai s/he has a new girlfriend or female partner
biidikwewe vai he brings a wife home
gigikwewe vai s/he has your woman along
gimoodikwewe vai he steals someone's wife
miigaadikwewe vai he fights, assaults h/ wife
niizhookwewe vai he has two women, two wives
nooji'ikwewe vai he goes after a woman or women, courts a woman