-nar

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-nar/,

Suffix

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

A sort of verbal causative suffix.
qasuvoq (“is tired”) -> qasunarpoq (“is tiring, is boring”)

annerpoq (“feels pain”) -> annernarpoq (“is painful, hurts”)

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -nar

Further reading

Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 108, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 247-248. Atuagkat 2003.

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