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.ʷək]

Noun

nuak (plural nuaat)

  1. spit, saliva
  2. cold (disease)

Declension

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

Further reading

  • “nuak“ in iserasuaat.gl
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