-u

kl-suffix

-u (n-v, truncative, uses -j- as interfix)

ilinniartitsisoq (“teacher”) -> ilinniartitsisiuuvugut (“we are teachers”) .

Ukiuuvoq.

Inatsisartunut ilaasortaq Jakob Sivertsen Atassummeersoq ilungersornertuujuvoq.

1998 May 7, “Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

MP Jakob Sivertsen, of Atassut, is diligent.

Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.

1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian. The middle [child] is as she should be [i.e. heterosexual].


-tar

atuarpoq (“attends school (once)”) -> atuartarpoq (“attends school (is a student)”)

Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

1992, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:

I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to orgasm, and how will the semen be released?


-nar

qasuvoq (“is tired”) -> qasunarpoq (“is tiring, is boring”)

annerpoq (“feels pain”) -> annernarpoq (“is painful, hurts”)


-ler

aki (“currency, price”) -> akilerpaa (“pays”)

ateq (“name”) -> atserpaa (“names, gives a name to”)


-ler

has begun to [verb], is about to [verb], is in the process of [verb]ing


-li

(intransitive, with stative verbs) [verb] more

(transitive, with stative verbs) cause to [verb] more


-li

"Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa", Atuagagdliutit
Kalaallit Nunaanni efterskoleliortiternissaq piumassuseqarfigineqarpoq, aningaasassaqartinneqanngillalli


-qaqï

naasoqaqaaq


-qqammer

Kingornussaqqammersivunga.


-nnguaq

-nnguaq (absolutive singular)
-nnguit (absolutive plural)
-nnguup (ergative singular)
-nnguit (ergative plural)
-nnguamut (allative singular)
-nnguanut (allative plural)
-nnguamit (ablative singular)
-nnguanit (ablative plural)
-nnguakkut (prolative singular)
-nnguatigut (plural prolative)
-nnguami (locative singular)
-nnguani (locative plural)
-nnguamik (instrumental singular)
-nnguanik (instrumental plural)
-nnguatut (equative)
-nguaĸ (alternative)

Tikireerpunga illorpannguitigut


-giit

-giit (n-n, truncative except after q and r)

aappaq (“spouse”) -> aappariit (“married couple”)

erneq (“son”) -> erneriit (“father and son”)

panik (“daughter”) -> panigiit (“mother and daughter”)

(plural only) a pair, mutual in converse relation.


-kkaaq

niaqukkaaq


-nisaq

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

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


-usaaq

-usaaq (n-n, truncative, uses -j- as interfix)


-usaq

-usaq (n-n, truncative, uses -j- as interfix)


-lleq

kingu (“hind end”) -> kingulleq (“last, hindmost”)

Indicating a superlative with directional bases.


-paaluit

e.g. angallaterpaaluit


-gigaluaq

-gï (“has as one's”) + -galuaq (“which formerly”)

compound

illugigaluarput

uigigaluani alleruppaa neqimik

For the sake of her deceased husband, she abstains from meat.

(with a possessive ending) someone's former or deceased [noun]


-innaq

kl-suffix

-innaq (n-n, truncative, uses -g- as interfix)

imiinnaq


-kassak

anaanakassaga

(chiefly North Greenland) dear and miserable [noun]


-kullak

Angutikullaapput


-liaq

kaagiliaq

someone who hunts, collects or travels to [noun]


-nnguakkuluk

iliarsuk -> iliarsunnguakkuluk


-nnaaq

tammaarfinnaarput
our favourite campsite


-palaaq

umiarsuapalaaq


-passuit

e.g. ulloriarpassuit

e.g. navianartorpassuit atortarpavut

e.g. qimusserpassuit Uummannamut aporaapput

A number of sledges arrived in Uummannaq at the same time.

(in the plural) many [noun]s, a crowd of [noun]s


-ralaannguaq

[-ʁə.ləːŋ.ŋʊ.ʷɑq]

mikisoralaannguuvoq


-rujussuaq

qaqutigorsuarujussuaq

sivisoorujussuarmik atassavoq.


-siaq

erneq (“son”) -> ernersiaq (“fosterson”)

inuk (“human”) -> inussiaq (“slave”)


-suannguaq

[-sʊ.ʷəŋ.ŋʊ.ʷɑq]

Tuumarsersuannguaq


-suaq

itisooq (“deep”) -> itisoorsuaq (“very deep”)

silarsuarmiut

ila suersuaq!

pi -> persuaq (“large object”)

uli (“high tide”) -> ulersuaq (“flood”)

ajortoq (“evil, wicked”) -> Ajortorsuaq (“Satan, the Devil”)


-taaq

ukiortaaq

ernertaaq


-tsiaq

e.g. niviarsiatsiat


-toqaq

aqqunarnitoqaq

arnatoqaq


-erniaq

inuerniaq


-koorfik

nuakoorfik

a place for discarding, receptacle of undesired things


-mi

uanga (“I, me”) -> uangami (“what about me?”)

immaqa (“perhaps”) -> immaqami (“yes, maybe”)

but, however, yet, indeed, what about, yes


-lu

1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.
["Leakings/leakers"? (seerivoq + -toq)] on the mouth are herpes, and the Danish popular [probably a mistranslation of populær, which also means "widely used"] terms "forkølelses- or kyssesår" are used about leaking lumps in the face, especially on the mouth.

Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?


-vik

anniarpoq (“suffers”) -> anniarfik (“hell”)

qimaavoq (“escapes”) -> qimaaffik (“refuge”)

used to denote a time or place where [verb]ing occurs


-vik

nuna (“country”) -> nunavik (“mainland, continent”)

kuulti (“gold”) -> kuultivik (“real gold”)


-giiaar

-giiaar (n-v, truncative except after q and r)

sanileq (“neighbour”) -> sanileriiaarput (“they lie side by side, one lies next to the other”)

assi (“photograph”) -> assigiiaarput (“they are all identical”)

illuk (“one of two things”) -> illugiiaarput (“they are ordered in pairs”)

ila (“fellow, companion”) -> ilagiiaarput

(resulting verbs are plural-only) used to express a converse relation or mutuality when there are more than two sets of participants involved.


-giig

eqqiveqatigiipput

erneq (“son”) -> erneriipput (“they are father and son”)

used to express a converse relation or mutuality between two participants.


-kkuminar

atsak (“paternal aunt”) -> atsakkuminarpoq (“is a nice aunt to have”)

nuna (“land”) -> nunakkuminarpoq (“is a good land to live in”)

ila (“companion”) -> (qimmera) ilakkuminarpoq "(My dog) is a pleasure to be around"

illu (“house”) -> illukkuminarpoq (“is a good house to live in”)

used to express the quality of being good for something.


-kkuutaar

marluk (“two”) -> marlukkuutaarput (“are grouped in pairs”)

gruppi (“group”) -> gruppikkuutaarput (“are arranged in groups”)

qulikkuutaarisaaseq


-ersi

-ersi (n-v, truncative, uses -v- as interfix)

putugu (“big toe”) -> putuguersivoq (“is freezing in her/his big toe”)


-ilatsi

inuk (“human”) -> inuilatsivoq (“is lonely”)


-erser

isigammaaverserpoq - He has lost his sandal.

umeerserami qilluppoq

She is angry that she has lost the boat.


-isag

-isag (n-v, truncative, uses -v- as interfix)

aputaasappoq

illuisappoq

indicates nearly an absence of or few of something.


-ssaaleqi

inissaaleqivoq


-ssaasua

ikinngutissaasuavoq

piffissaasuavugut


-leri

uummaserivunga

niulerivoq

meeraq (“child”) -> meeqqerivoq (“look after children”)


-nnger

mamanngerpoq

arnanngerpoq


-nngu

orsunnguvugut

We feel sick from eating too much blubber.

alunnguvoq


-gasag

aagasappoq

aputerasappoq


-gasaar

aak (“blood”) -> aagasaarpoq (“is blood-stained”)


-taq

nanuttaq

something that has been [verb]ed; passive participle


-taq

arnartarput

the part of something that is made of something else


-meer

Inatsisartunut ilaasortaq Jakob Sivertsen Atassummeersoq ilungersornertuujuvoq.

Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^([sic]) martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

The BBC crew has visited Ammassalik twice. The first time was in March, when they filmed on the solid winter sea ice.


-aq

naaja (“seagull”) -> naajaaq (“young seagull”)


-arsuk

-arsuk (n-n, truncative, uses -v- as interfix)

e.g. tupeq ("tent") to tupaarsuk ("primitive tent", "rag tent")

malik (“wave”) -> maliarsuk


-kulooq

angut (“man”) -> angutikulooq

nuna (“country”) -> nunakulooq (“very large country”)


-nngor

ataata (“father”) -> ataatanngorpoq (“has become a father”)

Siumumi siulittaasunngorniunnerup ikerinnakkut qinersineq kingunerisinnaavaa.

2017 July 20, Walter Turnowsky, “Siumup inuusuttaat qinersinissamut akerliupput”, in Sermitsiaq:

Siumut's leadership race could result in a by-election.

Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.

Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.

sumi inunngorsimavit?

Where were you born? (literally "Where did you become a person?")

kisinngorput

They were left behind (literally "They became alone")

marluk (“two”) -> marlunngorpoq (“it is 2 o'clock, it is Tuesday”)

(with numerals) it is n o'clock, it is the nth day of the week


-qqusaar

isigaa (“looks at”) -> isigeqqusaarpaa (“tries to get someone to look at”)

(used on transitive verbs) attempts to get someone to [verb] (the object)


-gug

-gug (n-v, truncative except after q and r)

tupa (“tobacco”) -> tupaguppoq (“is craving a cigarette”)


-aqqik

nillarpoq (“is cooling down, has cooled down”) -> nillaaqqik (“very cold”)


-gajooq

orluvoq (“falls”) -> orlugajooq (“one who falls frequently”)


-niaq

sinippoq (“sleeps”) -> sininniaq (“one who is trying to sleep”)

unnuivoq (“to stay the night”) -> unnuiniaq (“one who is going to stay the night”)

one who attempts to [verb], one who will [verb]


-niaq

tuttu (“caribou”) -> tuttunniaq (“caribou hunter”)

a hunter of [noun]; someone who attempts to hunt [noun]


-qar

Aap, immuuteqarpugut.

"Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa", Atuagagdliutit
Kalaallit Nunaanni efterskoleliortiternissaq piumassuseqarfigineqarpoq, aningaasassaqartinneqanngillalli

(especially of a place) there is [noun] (in/at [subject])


-rlaaq

tikiuppoq (“has arrived”) -> tikiuterlaaq (“a person who has recently arrived”)


-useq

pisuppoq (“walk”) -> pisuuseq (“gait, manner of walking”)


-liar

(of e.g. food items) goes to fetch/gather/hunt


-ssuseq

naappoq (“is short”) -> naassuseq (“shortness”)


-neqar

Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^([sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]) kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

Michael Treen explains that Ammassalik was selected due to its environmental conditions being similar to those of the Antarctic Ocean.

Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

Kalaallit Nunaanni efterskoleliortiternissaq piumassuseqarfigineqarpoq, aningaasassaqartinneqanngillalli

1998 May 7, “Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:

Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

1992 August 27, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:

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.

Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.


-nerpaaq

ajorpoq (“is bad”) -> ajornerpaaq (“the worst”)

most [verb]ing; (one) who [verb]s the most (forms superlatives of verbs with adjectival meaning)


-nngit

Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?


-niutï

inneq (“fire”) -> innanniut (“lighter”)


-neq

ikinngut (“friend”) > ikinngutigiipput (“they are friends”) > ikinngutigiinneq (“friendship”)

substantival suffix, makes abstract nouns out of verbs


-neq

pissaavoq (“be strong”) -> pissaaneq (“strongest”)


-miu

Nuummiu


-araq

-araq (v-n, truncative, uses -v- as interfix)

sava (sheep) -> savaaraq (lamb).


-utï

-utï (v-n, truncative, variable vowel, uses -j- as interfix)


-utï

e.g. neqiutaa

His meat (caught or stored/assigned by him), as opposed to neqaa which would mean purely "its or his flesh".

indicating personal possession that is alienable or temporary


-ner

Oqaatsip naggataani takuneq ajornanngilaq fælleskønniunersoq imaluunniit intetkønniunersoq: mand - manden, hus - huset (tak. qupp. 17).

1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, pages 13–14:

From the word's ending, you can determine whether it is common gender or neuter gender: mand - manden (man - the man), hus - huset (house - the house) (see p. 17).


-sinnaa

Siumumi siulittaasunngorniunnerup ikerinnakkut qinersineq kingunerisinnaavaa.

If wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to orgasm, and how will the semen be released?


-junnaar

-junnaar (v-v, additive, assimilates as Cj→kk, rj→r)

Isumaqarunillu taama iliornikkut isikkamik arsaannermik sungiusaasuujunnaassasunga, taakku kukkorujussuarput.

2017 July 22, Sorlannguaq Petersen, “Nunanut allanut sungiusaasoq aapakaatut isigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

And if they think that I will stop being a football trainer because of these acts, they are severely mistaken.


-livik

immulivik


-lior

-lior (n-v, truncative, fusioning, replacive)


-gissaar

-gissaar (n-v, truncative except after q and r)


-juar

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

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

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

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


-qqissaar

Ilisimatusartut GEUS-imeersut Nuugaatsiap qaqqai misissoqqissaarlugit aallartipput.

2017 August 5, Trine Juncher Jørgensen, “Ilisimatusartut qaqqat akissutissarsiorfigaat”, in Sermitsiaq:

Scientists from GEUS have begun to meticulously investigate the fjelds of Nuugaatsiaq.


-tooq

atuakkeritooq

one who [verb]s a lot, one who is inclined to [verb].

e.g. Illoqqortoormiut

Town in East Greenland meaning "big house-dwellers".

One with a big, or one with much of something.

e.g. Kalaallisooq

An element of a language (from the equative case -tut)


-qatï

sulivoq (“works”) -> suleqat (“colleague”)

atuarpoq (“attends school”) -> atuaqat (“school mate, fellow student”)

one who is also [verb]ing; a fellow [verb]er


-qatï

meeraqat


-nertooq

"Nalugunanngilara una suminngaanneersuunersoq," Ron oqarpoq aappillerlunilu poortugaq tinupanertooq tikkuaramiuk.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 248:

"I think I know who that one's from," said Ron, going a bit pink and pointing to a very lumpy parcel.

ilinniarpoq (“to study”) -> ilinniarnertooq (“student”)


-neru

[verb]s more, [verb]s to a higher degree


-lii

Mâliâraĸ Vebæk / 70-liisoq / atuakkiai saqqummissasut russisut saamisullu

1987 April 22, Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

Mâliâraĸ Vebæk / 70 years old / her books will be published in Russian and Sami.


-ssaq

inuunissaq nalunaqaaq

One knows nothing of how long one is going to live.

qarmassaq

future [noun], thing meant to become a [noun]


-galuar

[-ɣə.lʊ.ʷɑʁ]

Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.

1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

Although they had certainly seen light-skinned people in newspapers and other media before, it turned out it was only until now that they met any in person.


-jumaar

-jumaar (v-v, additive, assimilates as Cj→kk, rj→r)


-sima

Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^([sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]) kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

I strongly suspect the patient has the sexually transmitted disease of herpes, as they were prescribed Zovirax cream.

Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.

Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.

Denotes perfective aspect, completed action.

Denotes that the speaker is certain of something, without having personally experienced it.


-paluk

qingakkoorpoq (“make something pass through the nose”) -> qingakkoorpaluk (“nasal sound”)


-riar

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.


-riar

(especially imperative) Animates speech.

(contemporative) Denotes that something is done first.


-giartor

Avannarpariartornermi imaani uumasut miluumasut aatsitassanik oqimaatsunik akoqarnerujartorput.

1986 August 13, “Ukiumi siullermi misissuisimanermi paasisaqartoqanngilaq”, in Atuagagdliutit:

The further north one goes, marine mammals contain higher levels of heavy metals.


-palaar

[verb]ing can be heard, [verb]ing is audible


-palaarsuaq

accursed [noun], [noun] which the speaker dislikes


-piluk

inuk (“person”) -> inupiluk (“scoundrel”)


-tit

atuarpoq (“read”) -> atuartippaa (“teach”)

(on intransitive verbs) to cause to [verb]

(on transitive verbs) to cause to be [verb]ed by something else (which is placed in the allative)


-luunniit

Taakku arlaannaataluunniit uppissuaq kajortoq igalaakkut isaqqialalluni sarsuttoq takunngilaat.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 5:

None of them noticed a large tawny owl flutter past the window.


-aluit

-aluit (n-n, truncative, uses -v- as interfix)

inualuit

qallunaavaluit

(plural only) Indicating a group or several of something.


-erutï

Sutanngueruppunga.

Pupeerutippaatigut.

They/she cured us of leprosy (literally, "caused us to lose our leprosy").

there is no more of [noun], has lost one's [noun]


-gik

-gik (n-n, truncative except after q and r)

(also used interjectionally) good [noun]


-siutï

juulli (“Christmas”) -> juullisiut (“Christmas carol”)

means for getting, travelling, celebrating, seeking


-juminaat

-juminaat (v-v, additive, assimilates as Cj→kk, rj→r)

-juminar (“to be easy to [verb]”) + -it (semantic reverser)


-sig

Satsippoq


-killior

[-kɪɬ.ɬɪ.ɔʁ]

aak (“blood”) -> aakilliorpoq (“be anemic”)


-una

Kali (“male name”) -> aluu, Kaliuna ("hello, it's Kali")

suna (“what”) -> sunaana (“what is that?”)


-sar

tissappoq (“have an erection”) -> tissassarpaa (“stimulate the penis of”)

(reflexive if used intransitively) tries to cause to [verb]


-taar

Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^([sic – meaning panissaarluta]) sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.


-lluinnar

Angajulleq nukarlerlu takuneq ajorpakka, taamaatttummi^([sic – meaning taamaattummi]) nuannarisarinngilluinnarakkit.

I cannot cope with seeing the oldest and youngest ones, because I really don't like them at all.


-iar

kl-suffix

-iar (n-v, truncative, becomes ajr after -ï and -a)


-kuluk

a [noun] that is in some way lacking, imperfect or pathetic


-kkuluk

Variant of -kuluk with a specialized meaning.


-rulup

anersaarpoq + -rulup → anersaaruluppoq


-arniar

nakorsaataarniarfik


-miit

ippat (“lamp platform”) -> ippammiippoq (“lies on the lamp platform”)

eqqaq (“proximity”) -> eqqaaniippoq (“is nearby”)


-tsiar

e.g. tunuaamitsiarit!


-katag

angutikatappoq


-paat

tuttu + -paat → tuttorpaat


-pasig

e.g. imaq kujarpasippoq

e.g. ikerpasissukkut ingerlapput

They passed through the middle of the fjord.

used to express something which lies in a certain direction


-ssaqqig

savissaqqippoq -

illussaqqippoq

to be good for, well-suited for something


-tuaq

e.g. panituarsi

e.g. nunaatituaq


-kkajaaq

takivoq (“is long”) -> takikkajaaq (“something that is rather long”)

angivoq (“is big”) -> angikkajaaq (“a rather big one”)


-llammak

mersorpoq (“to sew”) -> mersullammak (“trained seamstress”)

pi (“root with no meaning”) -> pillammaavoq (“he is competent”)


-naq

kusanarpoq (“is beautiful”) -> kusanaq!


-nersaq

Dursley atisalersuutigaluni niperujoorpoq qilernerusamilu avaanngunarnersaat atugassamisut aalajangiullugu. Nulia oqalorusaartuarpoq ernini Dudley nilliaqisoq issiavianut portusuumut ingitinniarsariitigalugu.

Mr Dursley hummed as he picked out [his most boring] tie for work and Mrs Dursley gossiped away happily as she wrestled a screaming Dudley into his high chair.

aaliserneq inuutissarsiutit pingaarnersarivaat

the most important of occupations is fishing

most [verb]ing; (one) who [verb]s the most (forms superlatives of verbs with adjectival meaning)


-nnguarsi

pujoorpoq (“it smokes”) -> qanga pujunnguarsi (“how it smoked!”)


-qqaaq

tingivoq (“to fly”) -> tingeqqaaq (“young bird who has recently left the nest”)

something newly [verb]ed, one who has just [verb]ed


-qqammeq

tikippoq (“has come”) -> tikeqqammeq (“newcomer, seal or bird that comes first in spring”)


-riaq

sanguvoq (“turn to the side”) -> sangoriaq (“turning place”)


-saatï

ulapippoq (“be busy”) -> ulapisaat (“diversion, pastime”)


-gatigiig

[-ɣə.t͡sɪ.ɣɪːɣ]


-gatigiig

[-ɣə.t͡sɪ.ɣɪːɣ]


-palug

resembles, seems like, sounds like [noun]


-ssutï

[verb]s on someone's behalf, for someone's benefit


-naar

finds (something) to be more [verb]ed than expected


-neqqisaatï

(usually in the plural) compete to be the one who [verb]s the most


-qqaanniutï

(usually in the plural) compete to be the first to [verb]


-utigï

-utigï (v-v, truncative, uses -j- as interfix)

-ssutigï (alternative)
-qqutigï (alternative)


-rratï

(chiefly plural) they [verb] as a large group


-llerpaaq

tunu (“backside”) + -llerpaaq → tunullerpaaq (“backmost, farthest back”)

kingu (“rear end”) + -llerpaaq → kingullerpaaq (“last, latest”)


-luinnar

ajorpoq (“is bad”) -> ajorluinnarpoq (“is really bad”)


-ngajag

ajorpoq (“is bad”) -> ajungajappoq (“is so-so, is half bad”)


-ummer

nillerpoq (“cries”) -> nilliummerpoq (“suddenly lets out a cry”)


-riataar

[-ʁɪ.ə.tɑːʁ]

nuivoq (“appears”) -> nueriataarpoq (“he suddenly appeared”)


-ruusaar

uffarpoq (“bathes”) -> uffaruusaarpoq (“he bathes in peace and quiet”)


-rusaar

ikumavoq (“burns”) -> ikumarusaarpoq (“it burns nicely/cozily”)


-niarsarï

Nalunaaqutaq qulit qeqqanut Dursleyp mappini tiguaa nuliani uluaatigut pattalaarlugu Dudleylu inuulluaqqullugu kuninniarsarigaluarlugu uniorpaa, taamaalisormi Dudley kamassuataarmat issingigassaatinilu iikkamut miloriullugit. “Inupiluaraatiga”, Dursley illaatigaluni oqarpoq, illumillu anilluni. Biiliminut ikivoq illumullu aqqusinikkut isaarissakkut kinguporsorluni.

At half past eight, Mr Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs Dursley on the cheek and tried to kiss Dudley goodbye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls. “Little tyke,” chortled Mr Dursley as he left the house. He got into his car and backed out of number four’s drive.

tiguaa (“takes it”) -> tiguniarsaraa (“he is trying to take it”)


-suataar

At half past eight, Mr Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs Dursley on the cheek and tried to kiss Dudley goodbye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum [was powerfully angry] and throwing his cereal at the walls. “Little tyke,” chortled Mr Dursley as he left the house. He got into his car and backed out of number four’s drive.

sinippoq (“sleeps”) -> sinissuataarpoq (“he sleeps deeply”)

strongly, powerfully, hard, [verb]s as much as one can


-laar

pattappoq (“claps”) + -laar → pattalaarpaa (“pats”)

Used with an imperative to make it more polite.


-qqajanngit

From -qqajar (“almost do”) + -nngit (“negative”).

af

Aqqusernup sangoriarnerani siullermi siullerpaamik eqqumiitsumik malugisaqarpoq - qitsuup aqqusernup nalunaaqutaa atuaraa takugamiuk. Dursleyp paasinngeqqaaraluarpaa qanoq pisoqarnersoq - taava niaqqi sangutippaa qanoq pisoqarnersoq takulluarumallugu. Ilumut qitsuk sanimukaarnilik aqqusernup sangoriaaniippoq, kisiannili nunap assinganik tigumiaqqajanngilaq. Sunaana eqqarsaatigisimagaa? Qaamarnup-una iseriattup qasertup qoqassissimagaa.

It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar – a cat reading a map. For a second, Mr Dursley didn’t realise what he had seen – then he jerked his head around to look again. There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn’t a map in sight [it did not have it at all]. What could he have been thinking of? It must have been a trick of the light.


-juma

kl-suffix

-juma (v-v, additive, assimilates as Cj→kk, rj→r)