Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘geography’
Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- gaa-…g ~ “that which…”
- n ~ “in a certain manner”
- akmig ~ “ground”, “land”, “terrain”
- aa ~ “it is in a state”, “it is in a condition”
A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- that which is a certain condition of the terrain, that which is a certain condition of the land
A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- condition of the terrain, state of the terrain
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.