taamaallaat

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /taamaallaat/, [təː.məːɬ.ɬəːt]

Adverb

taamaallaat

  1. only
    • 1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, page 51:
      Soorlu assersuutini assigiinngitsuni takuneqarsinnaasoq qallunaat oqaasiini ersiutit sivitsukkat taamaallaat taanerni sakkortusisani (sakkortusisaasinnaasuniluunniit) siumugassaapput; []
      As can be seen in the various examples, long vowels in Danish only occur in stressed (or potentially stressed) syllables; []

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