pissutigalugu

Greenlandic

Etymology

pissut (“reason”) +‎ -gï (“has as”), in the third-person singular contemporative, thus "while having [that] as reason".

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /pissutiɡaluɡu/, [pɪs.sʉ.t͡sɪ.ɣə.lʊ.ɣʊ]

Particle

pissutigalugu

  1. because of
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut] kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.
      Michael Treen explains that Ammassalik was selected due to its environmental conditions being similar to those of the Antarctic Ocean.
      (literally, “ […] to those of the Southern ice-sea.”)

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