-sar

== Greenlandic == === Pronunciation === (Nuuk) IPA(key): /-sar/, [-sɑʁ] === Suffix === -sar (v-v?, additive?) (reflexive if used intransitively) tries to cause to [verb] tissappoq (“have an erection”) -> tissassarpaa (“stimulate the penis of”) === Suffix === -sar (n-v?, additive?) collects, gathers or finds [noun] === Further reading === Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 100, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 == Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === -ar, -an === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-ar. === Suffix === -sar forms agent nouns from verbs; -or; -er ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: -sara === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “-sar(a)”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 438, columns 1–2 == Swedish == === Suffix === -sar (colloquial, proscribed) Suffix for the indefinite plural form of some (mostly) loanwords of common gender ==== Usage notes ==== Nouns ending on unstressed (short) -i (e.g. bikini), -o (e.g. avokado), -u (e.g. guru) and -y (e.g. jury) are rare in Swedish and most of them are loanwords. For this reason they do not have a native plural ending and speakers sometimes use a foreign plural -s or alternatively -sar, which can be regarded either as a double plural suffix (-s + -ar) or one unit. Alternatively -s- can be seen as an epenthetic consonant inserted to avoid vowel hiatus, i.e. *avokadoar > avokadosar. This suffix is especially common when forming the definite plural by adding -na, as this ending cannot be added onto -s alone. For this reason, some speakers might say avokados in the plural indefinite, but avokadosarna in the plural definite. Generally, this ending alongside -s are proscribed and not used in dictionaries, which usually recommend endings like -r or -er even after these four unstressed vowels. === References === “När och varför används former som avokadosar och safarisar? [When and why are forms like avokadosar and safarisar used?]”, in Frågelådan‎[1], Swedish Language Council, 20 November 2019 (last accessed) Per Ledin (21 June 2013), “Gillar du avokadosar? Några ord om sar-pluralen [Do you like avokadosar? A few words about the -sar plural]”, in På svenska‎[2], archived from the original on 26 September 2020 Gunlög Josefsson (2018), “Avokadosar och kepsar – ett epentetiskt s med olika funktioner [Avokadosar and kepsar – an epenthetic s with many functions]”, in Språk & stil‎[3], volume NF 28, Uppsala: Uppsala University, →ISSN, pages 5-21 === Anagrams === ars, ras