-giiaar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-ɡiiaar/, [-ɣɪː.ɑːʁ]

Suffix

-giiaar (n-v?, truncative? except after q and r?)

  1. (resulting verbs are plural-only) used to express a converse relation or mutuality when there are more than two sets of participants involved.
    sanileq (“neighbour”) -> sanileriiaarput (“they lie side by side, one lies next to the other”)
    assi (“photograph”) -> assigiiaarput (“they are all identical”)
    illuk (“one of two things”) -> illugiiaarput (“they are ordered in pairs”)
    ila (“fellow, companion”) -> ilagiiaarput

References

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