Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘locker/lockers’
Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- sanjgon / sanjgonan
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Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- sanjgo ~ “caches something”
- n ~ [noun-forming final]
- an ~ [inanimate plural]
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A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- caching thing / caching things
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A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- secure-storage thing / secure-storage things
How to cite this publication:
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.
