nualluk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuvaɣ- (“phlegm, mucus from cold, have a cold, saliva, cough”), from Proto-Eskimo *ńuva-ɣ (“saliva”). Compare nuappoq (“has a cold”), nuffarliorpoq (“suffers from cold”), and nuak (“saliva, cold”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nualluk/, [nʊ.ʷəɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

nualluk (plural nualluit)

1. influenza

Declension

Declension of nualluk

case	singular	plural
absolutive	nualluk	nualluit
ergative	nualluup
allative	nuallummut	nuallunnut
ablative	nuallummit	nuallunnit
prolative	nuallukkut	nuallutsigut
locative	nuallummi	nuallunni
instrumental	nuallummik	nuallunnik
equative	nualluttut