nuappaa
Greenlandic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editnuappaa
- (transitive) moistens it with saliva
See also
edit- nuappoq (“has a cold”)