Details
General
| Morphemic form: | *{mi} |
| New orthography: | +mi |
| Old orthography: | -me |
| Sources: | [14, 11] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
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Description and behaviour
Meanings and examples
Contrastive emphasis.
- aqagumi?, how about tomorrow?
- uangami?, what about me?
Used for emphasis or confirmation.
- ilumummi, true indeed
From ilumut.
- qangalimi takuvugut!, how long indeed since we saw each other!
This can maybe be considered the Greenlandic version of the expression 'long time, no see'.