nualluk

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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

Noun

nualluk (plural nualluit)

  1. influenza

Declension

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