-niar

Greenlandic

Affix

-niar (v-v?, additive?)

  1. tries to
    • 1988, "AIDS-INFO", Atuagagdliutit
      Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
      Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...
  1. intends to

Derived terms

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References

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