-giiaar

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Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-giiaar (n-v?, truncative? except after q and r?)

  1. (resulting verbs are plural-only) used to express a converse relation or mutuality when there are more than two sets of participants involved.
    sanileq (neighbour) -> sanileriiaarput (they lie side by side, one lies next to the other)
    assi (photograph) -> assigiiaarput (they are all identical)
    illuk (one of two things) -> illugiiaarput (they are ordered in pairs)
    ila (fellow, companion) -> ilagiiaarput
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