-niar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-niar/, [-nɪ.ɑʁ]

Suffix

-niar (v-v^?, additive^?)

1. tries to
   • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

     Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

2. intends to

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -niar

Related terms

• -niaq

References

• -niar in Katersat
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 102, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 (tries to)
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 127, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 (intends to)
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 134, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 (modifier of imperative)
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 137, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 (simultaneity)
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 139, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014