-qqig

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-qqiɡ/, [-q.qɪɣ]

Suffix

-qqig (v-v^?, truncative^?)

1. [verb]s again
   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^{[sic – meaning panissaarluta]} sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

     My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

2. [verb]s further, [verb]s on
3. [verb]s back

Further reading

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 123-124, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014