-nngor

Greenlandic

Affix

-nngor (n-v^?, truncative^?)

1. has become

   ataata (“father”) -> ataatanngorpoq (“has become a father”)

   • 2017 July 20, Walter Turnowsky, "Siumup inuusuttaat qinersinissamut akerliupput", Sermitsiaq

     Siumumi siulittaasunngorniunnerup ikerinnakkut qinersineq kingunerisinnaavaa.

   • 1992, "Meeqqakka", Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten

     Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.

     Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.

2. (with numerals) it is n o'clock, it is the nth day of the week

   marluk (“two”) -> marlunngorpoq (“it is 2 o'clock, it is Tuesday”)

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -nngor

References

• -nngor in Katersat
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 80, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014