nuappoq

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): /nuappuq/, [nʊ.əp.pɔq]

Verb

nuappoq

1. (intransitive) has a cold

See also

• nuappaa (“moisten with saliva”)