susoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /susuq/, [sʉ.sɔq]

Noun

susoq

  1. (grammar) subject
    • Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, p. 21
      Susaq qallunaatut susumut atappat oqaluut refleksivimik taaneqartarpoq; kalaallisut oqaluut susaqanngitsutut iluseqartarpoq; imminut toquppoq = han dræber sig selv, han begår selvmord; nujaajartippoq = han lader sig klippe (= han bliver klippet).
      In Danish, if the object refers back to the subject, it is called reflexive; in Greenlandic, the verb has the intransitive form; he kills himself = han dræber sig selv, han begår selvmord; he gets a haircut = han lader sig klippe (= han bliver klippet).

Declension

Declension of susoq
case singular plural
absolutive susoq susut
ergative susup
allative susumut susunut
ablative susumit susunit
prolative susukkut susutigut
locative susumi susuni
instrumental susumik susunik
equative susutut
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