-riar
Greenlandic
Pronunciation
Suffix
-riar (n-v?, truncative?)
- (does something) [noun] times
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.
- The BBC crew has visited Ammassalik twice. The first time was in March, when they filmed on the solid winter sea ice.
See also
- -giar
Further reading
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 94, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 258. 2003 Atuagkat.
Suffix
-riar (v-v?, truncative?)
- once, at once
- set about to [verb]
- (especially imperative) Animates speech.
- (conjunctive, conditional) as soon as
- (contemporative) Denotes that something is done first.
Further reading
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 113, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 133, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 258. 2003 Atuagkat.
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 139, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014