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”).
Noun
nualluk (plural nualluit)
- influenza