-passuit: Many — Greenlandic Grammar

-passuit "many, a lot of" goes on a noun and always brings an r with it: -rpassuit. A final q merges with that r: "dog" gives "a pack of dogs". In the singular, -rpassuaq names one big group.

Eqqarsaaterpassuit?
A lot of ideas? (eqqarsaat "idea" + -rpassuit)
Ilaqutarpassuaqarpunga.
I have a large family. (ilaqutaq "relative" + -rpassuaq + -qar-: lit. I have many relatives)

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