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Kinship terms in all Algonquian languages are extremely complex and many have different terms for use by a male or a female speaker. The Mi'kmaq term for "my grandmother" is nkijinen

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Grandmother: (his/her)KUSITKU KI(kuen-shee-dkue-kee)

Grandmother: (my)UCIWAYEKI(uen-chee-wah-yea-kee)

Grandmother: (your)NIKUSIKI(nee-kuen-shee-kee)

Grandmother:UCI (uhn-chee)

Grandmother:KUSI (kuen-shee)

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Nokomis (plural Nookmisag) means grandmother in Ojibwe.

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E-li-si is grandmother in cherokee.

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Kunshi or Unci (koon she or oon she)

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grandmother

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