Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘washroom, bathroom’
Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- zaaghamoowgamig
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Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- zaaghamoo(w) ~ “go outside”
- wgamig ~ “built structure”, “quarters”
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A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- go-outside quarters, go-outside built-structure
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A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- outside quarters
How to cite this publication:
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.
