-nngor

Greenlandic

Suffix

-nngor (n-v?, truncative?)

  1. has become
    ataata (“father”) -> ataatanngorpoq (“has become a father”)
    • 2017 July 20, Walter Turnowsky, “Siumup inuusuttaat qinersinissamut akerliupput”, in Sermitsiaq:
      Siumumi siulittaasunngorniunnerup ikerinnakkut qinersineq kingunerisinnaavaa.
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    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      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")
  2. (with numerals) it is n o'clock, it is the nth day of the week
    marluk (“two”) -> marlunngorpoq (“it is 2 o'clock, it is Tuesday”)

Derived terms
Greenlandic terms suffixed with -nngor

References
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