-sinnaa

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-sinnaa/, [-sɪn.nəː]

Suffix

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

be able to [verb]
- 2017 July 20, Walter Turnowsky, “Siumup inuusuttaat qinersinissamut akerliupput”, in Sermitsiaq:
  Siumumi siulittaasu nngor niun nerup ikerinnakkut qinersineq kingune ri sinnaavaa.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1992, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:
  Nammineq tissassarluni iner sinnaa nngin nerluni anisuua lu qanoq ililluni ani sa ssava?
  I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?

References

DAKA
Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 261. Atuagkat 2003.
Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 103, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
-sinnaa in Katersat

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.