nuappaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuvaɣ- (“phlegm, mucus from cold, have a cold, saliva, cough”), from Proto-Eskimo *ńuva-ɣ (“saliva”). Compare nuak (“saliva, cold”), nuffarliorpoq (“suffers from cold”), and nualluk (“influenza”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nuappaa/, [nʊ.əp.pəː]

Verb

nuappaa

  1. (transitive) moistens it with saliva

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