-taar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-taar/, [-tɑːʁ]

Suffix

-taar (n-v^?, additive^?)

1. has gotten a new [noun]
   • 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.

Usage notes

The -t- sometimes becomes -s- if the last vowel of the base is /i/, as with panik in the example above.

Further reading

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 88, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014