nuappaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nuappaa/, [nʊ.ʷəp.pəː]

Verb

nuappaa

1. (transitive) moistens it with saliva

See also

• nuappoq (“has a cold”)