Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘art’
Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- gchi-wnizhshiwin nagkeyaa
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Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- gchi- ~ “great”, “very”
- wnizhshiwin ~ “beauty”
- wnizhshi ~ “be nice”, “be pretty”
- win ~ [noun-forming final]
- nagkeyaa ~ “concerning”, “in a particular manner”
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A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- having to do with very-beautiful−−ness
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A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- concerning great beauty, concerning the aesthetic
How to cite this publication:
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.
