Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:

• shkode gaa-gnawendmaaged

shkode gaa-gnawendmaaged ~ fire keeper

Morphemes (building blocks of each word):

• shkode ~ “fire”
  • shko ~ “left over”
  • de ~ “it is heated”
• gaa-gnawendmaaged ~ “[animate being] who takes care of something for people”
  • 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 rough translation of the inner-meaning:

• someone who takes care of fire for people

A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:

• someone who tends fire for the people