-tooq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-tuuq/, [-tɔːq]

Suffix

-tooq (v-n^?, additive^?)

1. one who [verb]s a lot, one who is inclined to [verb].

   atuakkeritooq

   An avid reader

2. One with a big, or one with much of something.

   e.g. Illoqqortoormiut

   Town in East Greenland meaning "big house-dwellers".

3. An element of a language (from the equative case -tut)

   e.g. Kalaallisooq

   Something in Greenlandic.

Usage notes

Unpredictably changes between -tooq and -sooq.

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -tooq

References

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 148, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014