Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘history (in general)’
Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- gaa-gii-bi-zhiwebzing
Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- gaa-…ng ~ “that which (abstract-)one…”
- gii- ~ [past tense]
- bi- ~ “this way”, “hither”
- zhi ~ “in a certain manner”
- webzi ~ “happens”, “fares”
A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- that which came to happen to one in a certain manner
A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- a ‘topic’ in particular which has happened to one
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.