Reimagining the Role of ‘Medical Transportation Driver’
Reimagined role-name in Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- Gaa-bmaawzhiwed
Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- Gaa-…d ~ “someone who…”
- bm ~ “along in space or time, by”
- aawzh ~ “haul someone”
- (i)we ~ “s/he acts (on an unspecified animate being)”
A translation of the morphemes:
- someone-who-transports-people
A plainer, more free-form English translation:
- transportation driver
A formal-English translation:
- Transportation Driver
Montano, J. P., & Michano, A. R. “Reimagining Health Centre Roles in Biigtigong Nishnaabemwin” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 14 Jul 2017. Web.