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)
There is no such word in any of the Sioux dialects, so it has no meaning.
Shímásání ( my maternal grandmother )Shinálí ( my paternal grandmother)
Sioux is not a language but a group of related dialects.Chante is the Lakota word for heart. Wichachante is a human heart.The n indicates that the preceding vowing is nasalised.
Nukumi
e li si.