nuak

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 nualluk (“influenza”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nuak/, [nʊ.ək]

Noun

nuak (plural nuaat)

1. spit, saliva
2. cold (disease)

Declension

Declension of nuak

	singular	plural
absolutive	nuak	nuaat
ergative	nuaap	nuaat
allative	nuammut	nuannut
ablative	nuammit	nuannit
prosecutive	nuakkut	nuatsigut
locative	nuammi	nuanni
instrumental	nuammik	nuannik
equative	nuattut	nuattut

Further reading

• DAKA