Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-taar (n-v?, additive?)

  1. has gotten a new [noun]
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,[sic – meaning panissaarluta] sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.
      My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

Usage notes

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The -t- sometimes becomes -s- if the last vowel of the base is /i/, as with panik in the example above.

Further reading

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