-galuaq

Greenlandic edit

Pronunciation edit

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-ɡaluaq/, [-ɣə.lʊ.ɑq]

Suffix edit

-galuaq (v-n^?, additive^?)

that otherwise [verb]s
former
deceased

Usage notes edit

When used to mean "deceased", it's often used in conjunction with either -gï (“has as one's”) and a possessive ending, e.g. anaana gigaluara ("the one whom I formerly had as my mother", i.e. "my dead mother") or else simply with -u (“is”).

Derived terms edit

-gigaluaq

References edit

Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 233. Atuagkat 2003.