-ssuseq: Size, Length — Greenlandic Grammar

-ssuseq turns a describing verb into a noun for the quality: "is big" gives "size", "is long" gives "length". With an owner ending, -ssusaa is "its size, its length".

Angissusaa naammappa?
Is this big enough? (lit. is its size enough?)
Naamik takissusaa naammappoq.
No, it's long enough. (lit. its length is enough)

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