Examples
Meaning
emphasis
Notes
On nouns indicating a state of being or direction. In the latter case, it may even be added onto stems with prepositional or possessive endings, and thus rather resemble an enclitic than an affix.
| Kalaallisut | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit | Our land, because thou have become so very old | Opening line of the Greenlandic national anthem. Here, the affix is added to utoqqaq, 'old', and is used to emphasise this (rendered as 'so very') in the translation. |
| Avannarsuaq | The far North | From the directional stem avannaq, 'north'. This is the Greenlandic name for the Qaanaaq region. |
| samanersuaq | far out to the west | From samani, 'far out at sea', which corresponds to west in West Greenland. |
| qavungarsuaq | far down southwards | From qavunga, 'southwards'. |
| avanngarsuaq | from far in the north | From avannga, 'from north'. |
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