-sima

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sima"

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Suffix

-sima (v-v?, additive?)

  1. Denotes perfective aspect, completed action.
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut] kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.
      Michael Treen explains that Ammassalik was selected due to its environmental conditions being similar to those of the Antarctic Ocean.
      (literally, “ […] to those of the Southern ice-sea.”)
    • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
      Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.
      I strongly suspect the patient has the sexually transmitted disease of herpes, as they were prescribed Zovirax cream.
    • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
      Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, […]
      Pamphlets about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa to warn sailors about this deadly disease, […]
    • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:
      Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.
      Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
      Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
  2. Denotes that the speaker is certain of something, without having personally experienced it.

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