-suaq
Greenlandic
Affix
-suaq (n-n?, additive?, recessive r?)
- big, bad
- itisooq (“deep”) -> itisoorsuaq (“very deep”)
- silarsuarmiut - humanity.
- ila suersuaq! - what an awful draught!
- pi -> persuaq (“large object”)
- uli (“high tide”) -> ulersuaq (“flood”)
Derived terms
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Usage notes
-aq is elided before affixes and inflectional endings that begin with a vowel.
References
- -suaq in Katersat
- Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 265. Atuagkat 2003.
- Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 157, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014