-luunniit

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Greenlandic

Enclitic

-luunniit

  1. or
  2. neither * nor
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 5:
      Taakku arlaannaataluunniit uppissuaq kajortoq igalaakkut isaqqialalluni sarsuttoq takunngilaat.
      None of them noticed a large tawny owl flutter past the window.
  3. (not) even, (not) at all

Further reading

  • DAKA
  • Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 29, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
  • Fortescue, M.: "Basic Structures and Processes in West Greenlandic" in ARCTIC LANGUAGES: An Awakening, p. 323. UNESCO 1990.