-galuaq
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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.