nuappaa
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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]
nuappaa
- (transitive) moistens it with saliva
See also[edit]
- nuappoq (“has a cold”)