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”).

Verb

nuappoq

  1. (intransitive) has a cold

See also
  • nuappaa (“moisten with saliva”)
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