-nisaq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-nisaq/, [-nɪ.sɑq]

Suffix

-nisaq (n-n^?, additive^?)

something from (some time)
itsaq (“the old days”) -> itsarnisaq "something from the old days

qanga (“long ago”) -> qanganisaq (“old-fashioned”)

Synonyms

-lisaq

References

Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 153, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014

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