Proto-Inupik: *qǝlu (-ʁa-)
Meaning: rope 1, to catch bird in snare 2
Russian meaning: веревка 1, ловить силком 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qiluaq- 2
North Alaskan Inupik: qilu 'tent rope', qilu- 'to attach tent ropes'
NAI Dialects: Nu qiluaq- 2 (squirrel)
WCI Dialects: Car? qiluaqtuq- 'to set snares'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qilu 'handle for carrying', qilluaq 'belt, link, painter'
Greenlandic Inupik: qiɫɫuaʁut 'string holding together fur jacket in crotch', qiluʁaʁtuʁ- 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 296
