-giiaar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-ɡiiaar/, [-ɣɪː.ɑːʁ]

Suffix

-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

Related terms

• -giig

References

• -giiaar in Katersat