-suaq
Greenlandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-suaq (n-n?, additive?, recessive r?)
- big, bad
- itisooq (“deep”) -> itisoorsuaq (“very deep”)
- silarsuarmiut - humanity.
- ila suersuaq! - what an awful draught!
- pi -> persuaq (“large object”)
- uli (“high tide”) -> ulersuaq (“flood”)
- ajortoq (“evil, wicked”) -> Ajortorsuaq (“Satan, the Devil”)
Usage notes edit
-aq is elided before affixes and inflectional endings that begin with a vowel.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- -suaq in Katersat
- Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 265. Atuagkat 2003.
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 157, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014