-leri
Appearance
Greenlandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-leri (n-v?, truncative?, fusioning?)
- to be hurt, have pain in something.
- uummaserivunga - I have heart pain.
- niulerivoq - He has sore legs.
- to work with; to occupy oneself with
- meeraq (“child”) -> meeqqerivoq (“look after children”)
Usage notes
[edit]May sometimes be replacive, that is, become -seri- after a t-base. Is fusioning after bases ending with -aq, -eq, -utï.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- -leri in Katersat
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 94, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014