-utï

See also: uti

Greenlandic

Suffix

-utï (v-n^?, truncative^?, variable vowel^?, uses -j- as interfix^?)

instrument, means

Usage notes

May be additive, especially after an r-base (in the following, truncativity is implicit).
Becomes -atï after a.
May lose the affix-initial vowel and instead geminate an earlier consonant.
May take the forms -qut, -qqut and -qutat, but only in lexicalised words.
May take the forms -utaq after i and u, and -ataq after a.
May take the form -gut, especially after a, u and i.
May take the form -ssut, especially after a vowel.

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -utï

Suffix

-utï (n-n^?, truncative^?)

indicating personal possession that is alienable or temporary
e.g. neqiutaa
His meat (caught or stored/assigned by him), as opposed to neqaa which would mean purely "its or his flesh".

References

S. Bjørnum: Grønlandsk Grammatik. 2003. Atuagkat.
-utï in Katersat
Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 149, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 73, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014

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