-sior-: Spend, Look For

-sior- takes a noun into the verb. With a time of day it means "spend it", and for meals "have the meal of that time": ulloqeqqa "midday" gives ulloqeqqasiorpoq "eats lunch". With a thing it can also mean "look for it": illu "house" gives illusior- "look for a house".

• Ulloqeqqasiorpugut.

  We are eating lunch.

• Ullaakkorsiornissannut piareerpit?

  Are you ready to eat breakfast? (ullaakkoq "morning" + -sior- "have the meal of" + -nissannut)