susoq

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• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /susuq/, [sʉ.sɔq]

susoq

1. (grammar) subject
   • Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, p. 21

     Susaq qallunaatut susumut atappat oqaluut refleksivimik taaneqartarpoq; kalaallisut oqaluut susaqanngitsutut iluseqartarpoq; imminut toquppoq = han dræber sig selv, han begår selvmord; nujaajartippoq = han lader sig klippe (= han bliver klippet).

     In Danish, if the object refers back to the subject, it is called reflexive; in Greenlandic, the verb has the intransitive form; he kills himself = han dræber sig selv, han begår selvmord; he gets a haircut = han lader sig klippe (= han bliver klippet).