Proto-Eskimo: *puvǝ-
Meaning: to swell, to be swollen, fat
Russian meaning: набухать, опухший, толстый
Comments: Cf. *puvǝ- (-la-), *puva- 'to inflate, compressed air, wind, lung' and *puvǝ-Ra- 'crop, craw, balloon'. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 270