pissutigalugu

Greenlandic

Etymology

pissut (“reason”) +‎ -gï (“has as”), in the third-person singular contemporative, thus "while having [that] as reason".

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /pissutiɡaluɡu/, [pɪs.sʉ.t͡sɪ.ɣə.lʊ.ɣʊ]

Particle

pissutigalugu

1. because of
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^{[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]} kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

     Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].

Further reading

• DAKA