-livik

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Greenlandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-livik/, [-lɪ.vɪk]

Suffix[edit]

-livik (n-n^?, truncative^?, fusioning^?)

a container or place for something.
immulivik
cream jug

Usage notes[edit]

Sometimes becomes -asivik or -usivik after a and u, respectively.

Derived terms[edit]

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -livik

References[edit]

Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 153, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 243. Atuagkat 2003.

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