-isag

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-isaɡ/, [-ɪ.səɣ]

Suffix

-isag (n-v^?, truncative^?, uses -v- as interfix^?)

1. indicates nearly an absence of or few of something.

   aputaasappoq - There is almost no snow.

   illuisappoq - There are hardly any houses.

References

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 82, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014