-sinnaa

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-sinnaa/, [-sɪn.nəː]

Suffix

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

1. be able to [verb]
   • 2017 July 20, Walter Turnowsky, “Siumup inuusuttaat qinersinissamut akerliupput”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Siumumi siulittaasunngorniunnerup ikerinnakkut qinersineq kingunerisinnaavaa.

     Siumut's leadership race could result in a by-election.

   • 1992, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

     If wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to orgasm, and how will the semen be released?

References

• DAKA
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 261. Atuagkat 2003.
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 103, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• -sinnaa in Katersat