Proto-Inupik: *akpǝ-ɣ- (-t-)
Meaning: to begin to sing 1, to begin to talk 2
Russian meaning: запевать 1, заговорить 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: akpit- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq akpɨ́tqoq 'to say'
North Alaskan Inupik: akpɨt- 2, 1
Western Canadian Inupik: akpit- 'to make a request or remark', akpiuti- 'to tell, to address'
WCI Dialects: Baker Lake akpik- 'to speak out of turn for no reason' [Schn.]
ECI Dialects: Lab akpitsi- 'to lead the choir' [Peck], SB akpiliq- 1 [Boas]
Greenlandic Inupik: appit- 1, 2, appiut(i)- 'to reply to'
GRI Dialects: NG akpiuti- 'to scold'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 13, 14
