Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘school’
Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- endzhi-gkinoohmaageng
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Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- endzhi-…ng ~ “where (abstract-)they…”, “where ‘there is’…”
- gkinoo ~ “know, recognize”
- h ~ “cause someone to be or to act”
- maa ~ “do it for someone”
- ge ~ “acts (on an unspecified object)”
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A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- where (abstract-)one causes knowing, where (abstract-)they cause knowing
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A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- where there is a causing of knowing
How to cite this publication:
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.
