Naupathia is a term that refers to motion sickness caused by motion through water. The word is made up of two parts: "nau-" meaning "ship" and "-pathia" meaning "suffering". The spelling of "naupathia" can be explained using IPA phonetic transcription as [nɔːˈpæθiə]. The first syllable, "nau", is pronounced with a long "o" sound, followed by a short "a" sound in the second syllable, "pa". The final syllable, "thia", ends with the schwa sound, "-iə".