-aa

Greenlandic

Enclitic

-aa

  1. vocative enclitic; marks an address

Usage notes

Causes nasalization of a preceding stop consonant by

  • -k > -n(g)-
  • -t > -n-
  • -q > -rng-

May freely be connected by hyphenation instead of assimilation, in which case the word to which the enclitic appends is unchanged; this difference is purely orthographic, and stops are still nasalized.

Further reading
  • DAKA
  • Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 29, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
  • Fortescue, M.: "Basic Structures and Processes in West Greenlandic" in ARCTIC LANGUAGES: An Awakening, p. 323. UNESCO 1990.
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