-aa
Greenlandic
Enclitic
-aa
- vocative enclitic; marks an address
Usage notes
Causes nasalization of a preceding stop consonant by
- -k > -n(g)-
- -t > -n-
- -q > -rng-
May freely be connected by hyphenation instead of assimilation, in which case the word to which the enclitic appends is unchanged; this difference is purely orthographic, and stops are still nasalized.
Further reading
- DAKA
- Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 29, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- Fortescue, M.: "Basic Structures and Processes in West Greenlandic" in ARCTIC LANGUAGES: An Awakening, p. 323. UNESCO 1990.