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”).

Noun

nualluk (plural nualluit)

  1. influenza
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