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

• Endzhi-nokiitaagenaanwang / Gaa-nokiitaagewaad

Endzhi-nokiitaagenaanwang / Gaa-nokiitaagewaad ~ Worklife / Workforce

Morphemes (building blocks of each word):

• Endzhi-nokiitaagenaanwang ~ “workplace”
  • Endzhi-…naanwang ~ “where (abstract-)they…”, “where ‘there is’…”
  • nokii ~ “work”
  • taa ~ “act in relation to someone”
  • ge ~ “someone acts (on an unspecified object)”
• Gaa-nokiitaagewaad ~ “workforce”
  • Gaa-…waad ~ “they who…”, “those who…”
  • nokii ~ “work”
  • taa ~ “act in relation to someone”
  • ge ~ “someone acts (on an unspecified object)”

A translation of the morphemes:

• where-there-is-working-for-people-happening / those-who-work-for-people

A plainer, more free-form English translation:

• place of working / workers

A formal-English translation:

• Workplace / Workforce