Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:

• gaa-gii-bi-zhiwebak ____________ nagkeyaa

gaa-gii-bi-zhiwebak ____________ nagkeyaa ~ history of (inanimate) something

Morphemes (building blocks of each word):

• gaa-gii-bi-zhiwebak ~ “that which came to happen”
  • gaa-…k ~ “that which it/its…”
  • gii- ~ [past tense]
  • bi- ~ “this way”, “hither”
  • zhi ~ “in a certain manner”
  • weba(d) ~ “happens”
  • ____________ ~ [singular inanimate noun]
• nagkeyaa ~ “concerning”, “in a particular manner”

A rough translation of the inner-meaning:

• that which came to happen in a certain manner concerning ____________

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

• a ‘topic’ in particular which has happened concerning ____________