-meer

See also: meer and Meer

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-meer

1. -mer, -mere

Dutch terms suffixed with -meer

Greenlandic

Etymology

Derived from the ablative-case ending.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-miir/, [-mɜːʁ]

Suffix

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

1. comes from [noun], hails from [noun]
   • 1998 May 7, “Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Inatsisartunut ilaasortaq Jakob Sivertsen Atassummeersoq ilungersornertuujuvoq.

     MP Jakob Sivertsen, of Atassut, is diligent.

   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

     The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on winter's firm ice [on the water] ?