Reimagining the Role of ‘Diabetes Coordinator’


  • Ziinzbaakdwaapnewin Gaa-waawiindmaaged

Ziinzbaaǩdwaapnewin Gaa-waawiindmaaged ~ Diabetes Educator


  • Ziinzbaakdwaapnewin ~ “diabetes”
    • Ziinzbaakdw ~ “sugar”
    • aapne ~ “someone is afflicted”
    • win ~ “-ness”
  • Gaa-waawiindmaaged ~ educator
    • Gaa-…d ~ “someone who…”
    • waa ~ [reduplication of the following term]
    • wiind ~ “name, mention”
    • maa ~ “do it for someone”
    • ge ~ “someone acts (on an unspecified object)”

  • someone-who-explains-diabetes-to-people

  • someone who explains diabetes to people

  • Diabetes Educator