-riar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-riar/, [-ʁɪ.ɑʁ]

Suffix

-riar (n-v?, truncative?)

  1. (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

Suffix

-riar (v-v?, truncative?)

  1. once, at once
  2. set about to [verb]
  3. (especially imperative) Animates speech.
  4. (conjunctive, conditional) as soon as
  5. (contemporative) Denotes that something is done first.

Further reading