nuiavoq
Greenlandic
Etymology
From
Proto-Inuit
*nụvǝ̣ja
(
“
cloud, be cloudy
”
)
. Compare
nuiaq
(
“
cloud
”
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Nuuk
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/nuiavuq/
,
[nʊ.ʷɪ.ə.vɔq]
Verb
nuiavoq
(
intransitive
)
is
cloudy
,
overcast