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).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nualluk/, [nʊ.ʷəɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

nualluk (plural nualluit)

  1. influenza

Declension

Declension of nualluk
case singular plural
absolutive nualluk nualluit
ergative nualluup
allative nuallummut nuallunnut
ablative nuallummit nuallunnit
prolative nuallukkut nuallutsigut
locative nuallummi nuallunni
instrumental nuallummik nuallunnik
equative nualluttut