susaqanngitsoq

susaqanngitsoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

susaq (“object”) +‎ -qar (“has”) +‎ -nngit (“not”) +‎ -toq (“(intransitive participle ending)”)

Noun

susaqanngitsoq

1. (grammar) intransitive
   • Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, p. 21

     Susaq qallunaatut susumut atappat oqaluut refleksivimik taaneqartarpoq; kalaallisut oqaluut susaqanngitsutut iluseqartarpoq; imminut toquppoq = han dræber sig selv, han begår selvmord; nujaajartippoq = han lader sig klippe (= han bliver klippet).

     In Danish, if the object refers back to the subject, it is called reflexive; in Greenlandic, the verb has the intransitive form; he kills himself = han dræber sig selv, han begår selvmord; he gets a haircut = han lader sig klippe (= han bliver klippet).

Antonyms

• susalik

See also

• susaasalik

References

• DAKA