-siaq: The One Made or Obtained — Greenlandic Grammar

-siaq names what someone has made or obtained. (pilersaarut "plan" + -siaq: the t becomes s) is "what has been planned, a plan".

Pilersaarutilioriarlutit pilersaarusiat malissavat.
I want you to make a plan and follow it. (pilersaarusiat "your plan": lit. make a plan, then you will follow what you planned)

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