-aasiit

Greenlandic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Inuit *aacin (“again, furthermore”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-aasiit/, [-əː.sɪːt]

Particle

-aasiit

1. as usual

   piumanngilaq (“resists”) -> piumanngilaraasiit (“as usual, he will resist”)

Further reading

• DAKA
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 29, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Fortescue, M.: "Basic Structures and Processes in West Greenlandic" in ARCTIC LANGUAGES: An Awakening, p. 323. UNESCO 1990.