The Language Secretariat of Greenland

About the word naatitat

The word naatitaq (fruit/vegetable) has the stem naa– (grow) and the derivatives –tit– (get to) and –taq (nominalizing). In plural: naatitat.

The word naatsiiaq (potato) has the stem naa– (grow) and the derivatives –tsii– (wait for it) and –aq (nominalizing). In plural naatsiiat.