-galuar

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-ɡaluar/, [-ɣə.lʊ.ʷɑʁ]

Suffix

-galuar (v-v?, additive?)

  1. used concessively; although
    • 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.
      Although they had certainly seen light-skinned people in newspapers and other media before, it turned out it was only until now that they met any in person.
  2. [verb]s in vain
  3. marks an improbable hypothetical

Further reading

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