-gug

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-ɡuɡ/, [-ɣʊɣ]

Suffix

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

  1. indicates longing for, yearning.
    tupa (“tobacco”) -> tupaguppoq (“is craving a cigarette”)
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