Reimagined role-name in Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:

• Wiiji-dzhiikendiwni-wndinmaagewin Gaa-gnawendmaaged

Wiiji-dzhiikendiwni-wndinmaagewin Gaa-gnawendmaaged ~ Social-services Supervisor

Morphemes (building blocks of each word):

• Wiiji-dzhiikendiwni-wndinmaagewin ~ “social-services”
  • Wiiji- ~ “with, accompany”
  • dzh ~ “there, in a certain place”
  • iik ~ “deal with it”
  • e ~ “be with someone”
  • ndi ~ [reciprocal], “to/with/for each other”
  • wn ~ “-ness”
  • i- ~ [prenoun connector]
  • wnd ~ “from a certain place, for a certain reason”
  • in ~ “act on it by hand”
  • maa ~ “do it for someone”
  • ge ~ “someone acts (on an unspecified object)”
  • win ~ “-ness”
• Gaa-gnawendmaaged ~ “supervisor”
  • Gaa-…d ~ “someone who…”
  • gnaw ~ “care, attend”
  • end ~ “act by thought on it”
  • maa ~ “do it for someone”
  • ge ~ “someone acts (on an unspecified object)”

A translation of the morphemes:

• social—obtain-things-from-a-certain-place-for-people–ness someone-who-takes-care-of-something-for-people

A plainer, more free-form English translation:

• social—provide-things-for-people–ness take-care-of-er

A formal-English translation:

• Social-services Supervisor