-junnaar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-junnaar/, [-jʊn.nɑːʁ]

Suffix

-junnaar (v-v^?, additive^?, assimilates as Cj→kk, rj→r^?)

1. no longer [verb]s
   • 2017 July 22, Sorlannguaq Petersen, “Nunanut allanut sungiusaasoq aapakaatut isigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Isumaqarunillu taama iliornikkut isikkamik arsaannermik sungiusaasuujunnaassasunga, taakku kukkorujussuarput.

     And if they think that I will stop being a football trainer because of these acts, they are severely mistaken.

Usage notes

After consonant bases, it may become truncative -gunnaar.

References

• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 238. Atuagkat 2003.
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 126, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• -junnaar in Katersat
• “-junnaar“ in iserasuaat.gl