Details

General

Morphemic form: *{mi}
New orthography: +mi
Old orthography: -me
Sources: [CBBJRPIKJR97], [CWSL58]
Combinations: View list
Left sandhi: Default

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'.


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