Proto-Inupik: *ạlu-ɣ-
Meaning: to lick 1, spoon 2, tongue 3
Russian meaning: лизать, облизывать 1, ложка 2, язык 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: aluk- 1
SPI Dialects: Di, Imaq alūn 3, W aluktautoq* 1, aluijaq* 2
North Alaskan Inupik: aluk- 1, alūttaq, alūttaun 2
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl aluktoq* 1, alūn* 2, B alūtaq* 2, Mal alūn, alūtaq 2
Western Canadian Inupik: aluk- 1, alūttaq 2
WCI Dialects: Cor, M aluktoq* 1, alūn* 2, Cop alupiq- 'to lick one's lips' [Pryde], Cop, Net alūt 2 [Ras.], allun 'shovel for removing ice from hole' [Met.], Perry River aliɣuq 'mouth (in shaman's language)' [Pryde]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: aluk- 1, alupiq- 'to lick avidly (dog)', cf. alumiʁaq- 'to water (mouth)'
ECI Dialects: Aiv alūt 2
Greenlandic Inupik: aluɣ- (alugpâ*) 1, alumiʁaʁ- 'to lick one's lips', aluššat (alugssaut*) 2
GRI Dialects: EG alittūt 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 20
