-tooq

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Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tooq (v-n?, additive?)

  1. one who [verb]s a lot, one who is inclined to [verb].
    atuakkeritooq
    An avid reader
  2. One with a big, or one with much of something.
    e.g. Illoqqortoormiut
    Town in East Greenland meaning "big house-dwellers".
  3. An element of a language (from the equative case -tut)
    e.g. Kalaallisooq
    Something in Greenlandic.

Usage notes

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Unpredictably changes between -tooq and -sooq.

Derived terms

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