Proto-Inupik: *cạų(-)
Meaning: to bury, to cover with earth or snow
Russian meaning: закапывать, покрывать землей, снегом
Seward Peninsula Inupik: sau-
SPI Dialects: W sō* (ōk, ōt), KI sao* 'loose earth or snow covering sth.'
North Alaskan Inupik: sau-, sau 'snow, sand or earth covering'
Western Canadian Inupik: sau-, sauk 'earth, stones or snow covering sth.'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: sau-
Greenlandic Inupik: sā- 'to sprinkle, to cover or be covered' (e.g. with earth)', sāq (saoq*) 'fine earth or snow strewn on sth., humus, soil on a traditional house roof'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 72
