-nar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-nar/, [-nɑʁ]

Suffix

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

1. A sort of verbal causative suffix.

   qasuvoq (“is tired”) -> qasunarpoq (“is tiring, is boring”)

   annerpoq (“feels pain”) -> annernarpoq (“is painful, hurts”)

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -nar

Further reading

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 108, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 247-248. Atuagkat 2003.