-juar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-juar/, [-jʊ.ʷɑʁ]

Suffix

-juar (v-v^?, additive^?, assimilates as Cj→tt, rj→rt^?)

1. constantly, all the time
2. Denotes maintained action.

   pisuppoq (“walks”) -> pisuttuarpoq (“strolls”)

   oqaluppoq (“says”) -> oqaluttuarpoq (“tells”)

   • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:

     Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

     Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.

Further reading

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 125, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014