-giiaar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-ɡiiaar/, [-ɣɪːɑːʁ]

Suffix

-giiaar (n-v^?, truncative^? except after q and r^?)

(resulting verbs are plural-only) used to express a converse relation or mutuality when there are more than two sets of participants involved.
sanileq (“neighbour”) -> sanileriiaarput (“they lie side by side, one lies next to the other”)

assi (“photograph”) -> assigiiaarput (“they are all identical”)

illuk (“one of two things”) -> illugiiaarput (“they are ordered in pairs”)

ila (“fellow, companion”) -> ilagiiaarput

Related terms

-giig

References

-giiaar in Katersat

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