-ner

See also: -ներ

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-nir/, [-nɜʁ]

Suffix

-ner (v-v^?, additive^?)

1. (participial or contemporative) whether
   • 1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, pages 13–14:

     Oqaatsip naggataani takuneq ajornanngilaq fælleskønniunersoq imaluunniit intetkønniunersoq: mand - manden, hus - huset (tak. qupp. 17).

     From the word's ending, one may determine whether it is common gender or neuter gender: mand - manden, hus - huset (see p. 17).

2. I wonder if
   • 1992, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

     I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?

Usage notes

In the "whether" sense, the contemporative and participial are used when the subjects coincide and differ, respectively.

References

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 136, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 135, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• -ner in Katersat
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 248. 2003 Atuagkat.