naggat

Greenlandic

Noun

naggat

1. (typography) period, full stop
   • 2002, Berthelsen, Jacobsen, Petersen, Kleivan, Rischel: Oqaatsit Kalaallisuumiit Qallunaatuumut, 3rd ed., p. 20

     Naalisakkani naggat atortarpoq

     A period is usually used by abbreviations.

2. (grammar) ending
   • Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, p. 21

     Maannakkut misissussavavut oqaatsit -poq-mik, -voq-mik il.il. naggatillit oqaatsinit -paa-mik -vaa-mik il.il. naggatilinnit allaassutaat.

     We will now consider the difference between words having the ending -poq, -voq etc. and words having the ending -paa, -vaa etc..