-galuaq

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== Greenlandic == === Pronunciation === (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-ɡaluaq/, [-ɣə.lʊ.ʷɑq] === Suffix === -galuaq (v-n?, additive?) that otherwise [verb]s former deceased ==== Usage notes ==== When used to mean "deceased", it's often used in conjunction with either -gï (“has as one's”) and a possessive ending, e.g. anaanagigaluara ("the one whom I formerly had as my mother", i.e. "my dead mother") or else simply with -u (“is”). ==== Derived terms ==== -gigaluaq === References === Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 233. Atuagkat 2003.