nuappoq
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Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]nuappoq
- (intransitive) has a cold
See also
[edit]- nuappaa (“moisten with saliva”)