-tit

Greenlandic

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-tit/, [-t͡sɪt]

Suffix

-tit (v-v?, additive?)

  1. (on intransitive verbs) to cause to [verb]
    atuarpoq (“read”) -> atuartippaa (“teach”)
  2. (on transitive verbs) to cause to be [verb]ed by something else (which is placed in the allative)
  3. to have been [verb]ed

Usage notes

Sometimes truncative. Intransitivized by -si.

Derived terms
Greenlandic terms suffixed with -tit

Further reading
  • Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 100, 109, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
  • Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, pp. 74, 267-268. Atuagkat 2003.
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