-paat

-paat

Greenlandic

Suffix

-paat (n-n^?, additive^?, recessive r^?)

1. many, crowd of

   ‎tuttu + ‎-paat → ‎tuttorpaat

   A herd of caribou.

Usage notes

• In speech, this suffix can be repeated several times to increase emphasis.

  e.g. anguterparparpassuaqarpoq

  There was a great, great, great crowd of men.

Synonyms

• -passuit