PROTO: *akpǝ-ɣ- (-t-)
MEANING: to begin to sing 1, to begin to talk 2
RMEAN: запевать 1, заговорить 2
SPI: akpit- 1
SPIS: Imaq akpɨ́tqoq 'to say'
NAI: akpɨt- 2, 1
WCI: akpit- 'to make a request or remark', akpiuti- 'to tell, to address'
WCIS: Baker Lake akpik- 'to speak out of turn for no reason' [Schn.]
ECIS: Lab akpitsi- 'to lead the choir' [Peck], SB akpiliq- 1 [Boas]
GRI: appit- 1, 2, appiut(i)- 'to reply to'
GRIS: NG akpiuti- 'to scold'
CED: 13, 14
