-riar

-riar

Greenlandic

Affix

-riar (n-v^?, truncative^?)

1. (does something) [noun] times
   • 1982 August 4, "Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq", Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten

     Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

     The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on winter's firm ice [on the water] ?

See also

• -giar

Further reading

• Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 94, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 258. 2003 Atuagkat.

Affix

-riar (v-v^?, truncative^?)

1. once, at once
2. (especially imperative) Animates speech.
3. (conjunctive, conditional) as soon as
4. (contemporative) Denotes that something is done first.

Further reading

• Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 113, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 133, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 258. 2003 Atuagkat.
• Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 139, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014