Details

General

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

Description and behaviour

Meanings and examples

Or 'I wish!' or 'let ...!' It may for example be used in conjunction with the optative or imperative moods.

  • qanortoq, may it be that ...!

    For example in the line qanortoq inuummersorit!, 'may thou live long!' of the Greenlandic birthday song Inuuissiortoq pilluarit.

  • uangatoq, wish it was me (that...)!

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