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”).
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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